Word: friction
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...burden placed on the citizens of these host countries is enormous. The populations of Syria and Jordan have ballooned as a result of the influx of Iraqis, and because many refugees sneak in, there is a great deal of social friction between populations. Conflicts are likely to carry over across borders disrupting once peaceful communities...
Long-distance romances can draw out for years. But Laura Stafford, a professor of interpersonal communication at Ohio State University, says that's partly because the distance can retard the development of the relationship, extending the honeymoon period and delaying the inevitable friction of integrating lives. "We all do a certain amount of impression management" at the beginning of a romance, says Stafford. "But in a long-distance relationship, you may always have your makeup on. You avoid conflict no matter what...
...orthopedics, at least, the answer is "no." Only the surgeons actually performing joint replacements can make intelligent decisions as to which procedure is best. We study the engineering, the metallurgy, the tribology (friction science) - and the body's responses to these things from the gross anatomic level down to the subcellular, ultramicroscopic scale. We digest hundreds of studies about the clinical science and spend hundreds of hours in conferences hashing over the pros and cons. Then we do the operations and we live with the results for the rest of our lives; they are the swords by which we live...
...negotiation with his counterpart helped speed up a resolution. Ahead of BA's move next year into the new $8.5 billion Heathrow Terminal 5, the airline persuaded thousands of ground staff to agree to change their practices. Such deals, Walsh says, are "evidence of securing agreement without hassle, without friction...
...driver used to leave work before the end of his shift if he had completed his list of tasks, staff at the new terminal will return to their base after each individual job before being assigned another. Such deals, Walsh says, are "evidence of securing agreement without hassle, without friction...