Word: friction
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Possibly there will be an eventual friction brought about by the personal crusades of these men, of Mitchell and Magruder. Already certain of Mitchell's ideas are being looked upon with other than scorn and contempt; the fate of Magruder's cause lies with the discretion of the Navy Department whose attitude is that the king and the king's henchmen can do no wrong...
...avoid friction among the Pacific powers by mutual understanding of their various points of view is the purpose of the recently founded Institute of Pacific Relations, according to Professor G. G. Wilson of the Law School, an active member of the Institute...
...eroding alloy of aluminum would do it, melted by electricity, circulated by hot air at a pressure of more than 250,000 Ibs. to the square inch. That is about the pressure of the earth's rocky crust 30 miles down, a pressure under which the friction of rock layers sliding on one another generates at least 1,600° Fahr. Such a hole would produce 4,000 horsepower if only 20% efficient, making steam of any quantity of water piped down it. If such a bore were impracticable, two larger shafts, five miles deep, could...
Each party received the right to cross the frontier in pursuit of bandits, whose depredations have recently caused considerable friction between the two countries. Bandits were defined as "hostile raiders of any category...
...broom at the best possible price. It will advise one department as to what broom has proved useful elsewhere. In fact, is is here first for service, economies are a secondary consideration. It plans to accomplish both of these purposes with as little red tape and friction as possible...