Word: friction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gesture of indignation and rebellion, mingled with more than just a touch of superiority, the Signet Society was founded. This spirit was engendered by the friction between the intellectual and social element in Harvard society. In 1870, the social element unquestionably dominated the scene. The opening words of the Society's minutes set the dominating tone for the intellectuals...
...programs that will stretch into next season. After a talky start, the hour-long program settled down with Dr. Kuiper and Dr. H. Julian ("Harvey") Allen, a rumpled giant who devised the blunt-nose cone that can safely return a missile warhead through the atmosphere without burning up with friction. One startling sequence: a blunt-nose staying intact during lab tests while a white-hot, pointed-nose disintegrated. Conquest's point: science and scientists can make fascinating fare without the support of capering cartoons or high-powered hokum...
Last week, after one of his white male teachers had been hit by a Negro pupil, School Superintendent James A. Hazlett finally brought the mess into the open. The story, as Hazlett and his teachers told it, was one of basic hooliganism aggravated by racial friction. Strong-armed bullies of both races extort nickels and dimes from young whites and Negroes alike. But when an argument starts, the races close ranks. "A fight might not be caused by racial issues in the beginning," said Hazlett, "but before it is over, you have a white-Negro problem...
Pass: Well, you know there's something called starting friction; now on this ice here, when you put the car in low gear and step on your pedal, you've got too much oomph under you to catch...
Photographs also enable the admissions committee to prevent unnecessary friction which this diversity might otherwise entail. It can forestall rooming situations in which instant hostility would prevent eventual acceptance...