Word: friction
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...level, the recent news of Radcliffe College's possible demise seems to confirm a year of apparent friction between the "partner institutions," from a battle for Byerly Hall to a debate over diplomas (p\lease see related story, page...
Older immigrant groups, most notably the Irishand the Italians, have a strong foothold in citypolitics. Hamilton remembers what used to betermed "Gaelic-Garlic" friction in the city'spolitical arena...
...junior year drew to a close, I made a startling realization: I didn't enjoy being pre-med. I was never the first to rush to see the grades when they were posted. I never understood how to synthesize an ester. And I never could calculate the force and friction of an object sliding down a ramp...
Though there certainly may be areas of friction in Israel between some ardently observant Jews and some equally ardent secular Jews, as described in your article "The Religious Wars" [WORLD, May 11], most Jewish Israelis feel and act as a single people, a family united by its religious heritage, whether its members choose to observe its rules to a greater or lesser degree. The populace in Israel is not polarized, nor on the brink of a religious civil war. RABBI AVI SHAFRAN New York City
...addition to the growing Democrat-Republican tension in the race, there is also friction between incumbent Thompson and other candidates...