Word: friction
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Support from the police has also been essential to the success of the experiment. Police chief Pastore, who has worked hard to reduce friction between cops and city residents, sees to it that his officers cooperate with the needle-exchange van. If, for instance, a police car patrols too close to an exchange site, a quick call to the chief will trigger a radioed instruction sending the car in another direction. Ultimately, Pastore hopes to restore trust between police and addicts who may need their help...
...they think is The crimson's "special interest"? Counter and Reid suggest that we are a mouthpiece for Hillel, always driven to support the "interests" of Jews. But our only interest with regard to race relations at Harvard is in building a campus where diversity does not cause friction...
Despite plentiful skepticism within the company, Iacocca and Eaton downplayed any talk of possible friction. "I'm going to be the public-policy guy," says Iacocca. "He's coming back to the U.S. after a four-year absence when the culture has changed. I don't play elder statesman, but he needs my guidance for a while. He understands that. There's plenty of responsibility to go around." Concurs Eaton, who pulled into Chrysler headquarters in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee at 7:45 a.m. last Friday for his first full day on the job: "If there weren...
Couples who want to live together, for example, must make arrangements with other roommates, creating unnecessary friction. And men and women who are simply friends must find people of the same sex to live with, creating a less than optimal rooming group...
...Philadelphia silk wholesaler, Myerson made his mark in the 1970s at the venerable New York law firm of Webster & Sheffield. But his craving for power and wealth caused constant friction with partners, many of whom were relieved when Myerson was wooed away in 1984 by Finley, Kumble, an aggressive 700-lawyer firm that became synonymous with '80s-style greed...