For the airlines, which are asking for huge government subsidies, further investment in a controversial Internet venture is politically awkward.

The international tribunal's decision is politically awkward for the Clinton Administration partly because it comes at a time of domestic discontent with free trade policies.

With the hacker's attacks on military computers, I ought to tell someone from the defense establishment, no matter how politically awkward I felt.

The situation is politically awkward for the President and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

It is politically awkward, and Russian law favors tenants' rights, particularly with laws protecting neglected children.

This will also prove politically awkward for David Cameron, who pledged to give shareholders the power to stop top staff being rewarded for failure.

The planned rally could be politically awkward for Mr. Dinkins.

Such a salary would have been politically awkward and unrealistic, the official indicated.

That stance can be awkward politically, but it is correct.

Mr. Kostunica can sign an amnesty, but that is considered politically awkward here.