Word: friction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Asian-American population became more diverse, different ethnic segments clamored for more representation within AAA, causing friction between some sister groups...
...late 1980s a sweet series of Indian triumphs had some bitter by- products. Some recognized tribes won the right to run high-stakes gambling, regardless of prohibitions in bordering states. The result: a handful became fabulously rich, and needed income began to flow to some other poor reservations. But friction increased between recognized and unrecognized tribes...
...partner may not care appreciably who the second unit assistant director is. Do you eat and drink during the movie? Your fellow viewer may be turned off by the thought of your stuffing your face during a tearjerker. You may want to check these things out now to avoid friction later...
Muller is able to ask intelligent questions about Riefenstahl's work because he himself is a director, but this common identity is also the cause of friction between the two. Riefenstahl is still serious about filmmaking, and she is as stubborn as any other director who has an artistic vision. Some of the more amusing parts of the film occur when Muller and Riefenstahl argue about the best way to make certain scenes work...
...Hansen, now 27, was assigned a flight instructor who routinely made remarks so inappropriate Roseanne would have a hard time brushing them off. Lieut. Larry Meyer called Hansen a "wench," advised her to wear a pink bikini and dye her hair, and turned required discussions, such as one on friction, into running sexual jokes. Hansen let it pass, she says, until one day when he grabbed her by the hair, forced her head down to his groin (a witness says he only saw her head go down as far as Meyer's chest) and said, "this is how I like...