Word: chafe
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Confirming Linda Chavez, the nominee to head the Labor Department, will chafe pro-labor Democrats and those interested in raising the minimum wage; Chavez, a former Reagan administration official, has demonstrated a strong enmity toward both...
...into books usually prove irresistible, and small wonder. There is the permanence and prestige offered by hard covers, plus the allure of getting paid again for work already finished. Most tempting of all, though, is the promise of more pages on which to tell a story. All magazine writers chafe at the space limitations imposed on them by parsimonious editors...
Rather than reliance on fear of fratricide and destruction, the ultimate means of attaining national unity is one that may chafe communist authorities even more than Taiwanese independence. If they truly wish to promote cultural integrity and welfare for their denizens (presumably including the residents of Taiwan), they ought to realize that reunification with the mainland would not likely even be considered by Taiwanese until the communist government makes definite progress towards democratization...