Word: friction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...China. Recognition would be a "real political victory" for the West, said Douglas. It would help split Communist China, and Communist Russia and would take advantage of the struggle between the Chinese drive for nationalism and Russia's drive to solidify the Far East-"the greatest source of friction between any two nations in the world today...
...this point, the story of danger, difficulty and friction can be matched by dozens of others in the secret annals of operations behind enemy lines. The account of what happened next is drawn from the confessions of three men, confessions believed by the Italian police and the U.S. Defense Department...
This device, designed to "determine the coefficient of friction which is an index of relative slipperiness," was delivered to the General Services Administration, Department of Buildings Management survey team. The team surveyed. After weeks came a report. Freely translated from the Pentagonese, it said: the floors aren't too slippery at all; people around here are just too careless...
...know, the J.C.S. have never changed those recommendations. If they have, I have never been informed of it. I want to say that the relationships between the J.C.S. and myself have been admirable. All members are personal friends of mine. If there has been any friction between us, I am not aware...
Editor Hodding Carter of the Greenville (Miss.) Delta Democrat-Times has helped make Greenville a notable example of tolerance in the race-and religion-conscious South. Although Negroes outnumber whites nearly two to one in the Greenville area, there is little friction between the two races. Carter, a determined but unfanatical liberal who believes the South can best solve its own problems, has not attacked segregation. He has concentrated on building up respect between races and between religions. At 44-year-old Editor Carter's urging, Greenville Protestants and Catholics helped build a new synagogue for the Jews. Then...