Word: friction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most dispiriting consequence of friction between students and university administrators during been the stepped up efforts of administrators control the campus press. In each of the last three years officials at large state universities have sought to wrest control of student newspaper from student editors and to vest final decision makeup power in school administrators. The latest episode perhaps the most indefensible one threatens the independence of The Florida Alligator the daily newspaper of the University of Florida...
...third rebel group UNHA, or the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, was formed in 1962. It has concentrated its efforts in the East and the South. Friction with the MPLA has been constant, and UNHA claims that MPLA guerrillas have repeatedly attempted to eradicate their rival to the south...
...were based on the theory that you must go on out and bring people into the Party, and the only way to do this was to set quotas. Now I generally don't like quotas; I think they're undemocratic. I think they tend to build more friction than harmony over the long period of time. But, even though I don't think we should have quotas next time, I think the price we paid was worth it, and, in the long run, we'll have a better political party...
...wife and family. Can they crank themselves up again? They've been through a traumatic experience this year." Finally, he wondered if he and McGovern could work together closely enough. "There must be a relationship of mutual understanding and confidence to override all the little, petty, nitpicking friction points that are bound to develop in any campaign...
...langorous physical actions and static facial expressions actually serve to heighten one's awareness of constant tension. For even at the most peaceful moments, fans tremble incessantly in the hands of the actors, attempting to dispell what must be the sweltering heat of summer, and to relieve the friction of increasingly jangled nerves...