Word: friction
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...alliance which won the war. The moral support of the United States is a very uncertain quantity in future trouble between France and Germany; and with Americans on the Rhine, the French breathe more freely. England wants the United States to remain in Germany because there has been less friction between the Germans and their conquerors where Americans instead of French troops have been stationed. Last of all, the thought of the American departure, because frankly, they did not believe so much money was in the world as the American soldiers have been spending in Coblenz...
...fame that comes through new filing systems and of love on a park bench; weary of the present day "realism" and all that it implies, it is pleasant to find a book that deals, virllely enough, with beauty and gallantry--and villainy. There is more than enough of present friction that tells us of our own civilization and mechanics, when God knows we see too much of it day by day; more than enough of the "romance of business" which is no romance. Inevitably are there times when we long to have, (as what gentleman should not?) "at least twenty...
...year naval holiday, are accomplished. This is perhaps the most important treaty; in addition, that limiting the use of submarines as commerce destroyers, the Four-power Pacific Treaty, the General Far Eastern agreement, the Chinese Tariff Pact, and the Shantung Treaty, all go far towards eliminating causes of friction and future war. Fourteen resolutions, ten declarations of national policy, and two treaties yet to be ratified complete the list of accomplishments...
This evening at 8 o'clock in Pierce 110, the Engineering Society will hold its last meeting before the Christmas vacation. Mr. Tobias Dantzig of the Engineering department of the S. K. E. Industries will speak on "Anti-Friction Bearings". Refreshments will be served, Everyone interested in engineering work is invited...
...experience of Americans and others not Japanese indicates that Japan has used here possessions in Manchuria (including her railway rights) so as to discourage competition with Japanese traders, and that she his not hesitated to use military force to gain a position in Siberia that will lead to friction and even hostilities when Russia revives...