Word: friction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...title of George Bernard Shaw's witty social satire Misalliance could refer to any of the various mismatches whose inharmonious nature is revealed through the action of the play: the discrepancy between rhetoric and the motivations it masks, the friction between parents and children, or the many romantic alliances which comprise the main plot...
...friction," Weil says. "I've seen bikers intentionally knock skaters down ... and curse them out. I've had people elbow...
Americans weren't the only ones irked by Japan's sudden assertion that other countries violate free trade. Japanese industry officials, many of whom have followed MITI orders to limit exports and market shares in order to ease trade friction, felt the report only fueled the frustrations of foreign traders. "I don't understand why they put out such a report," said a Japanese auto executive. "MITI would never have allowed us to say such things...
...term-old liberal majority on the City Council is beginning to exercise its power in City Hall. As a consequence, the level of antagonism and friction between political factions in the city is approaching a volatile pitch...
Rudenstine does not sense a great amount of internal strife. Still, he acknowledges that there will be some friction...