Word: friction
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...issue celebrating Time's 60-year presence in Europe took a look at how shifting identities - of the family, the state, East and West - are propelling the Continent into new realms of exploration, friction and self-discovery. Readers cast a wary eye to the future but found good things cooking in the kitchen...
...Because liquid explosives are extremely volatile—simple friction can be enough to set them off—and very dangerous even in a steady laboratory setting. An attempt to combine liquid explosives in a bouncy airplane is likely to cause a prematurely explosion, inducing damage but not enough “bang” to blow the plane. Furthermore, mixing components on board, as the London suspects allegedly planned to do, produces a noxious smell that any half-witted air steward would notice...
...expand as low-cost carriers open routes. "I can get from Paris or London to Marrakech flying faster than I can get from London to Paris by train," Loum-Martin notes. Even some enthusiasts worry, however, that the kingdom's success in luring residents from Europe may produce some friction. For example, Marcelle and Max Billaux say they know affluent French residents of Rabat's casbah who not only do not declare their domestics to authorities, but pay them j3 per day - not unlike the subservience wages some bosses in Europe pay illegal immigrants who will similarly accept nearly anything...
...mother of two and student at North Carolina Central reported to police that she had been raped by several Duke men’s lacrosse players after being hired as a stripper at a team party. The story filled national news broadcasts and occasioned protests in Durham, igniting friction between Duke and its surrounding community. In the wake of the allegations, the school fired its coach, Mike Pressler, and suspended the rest of the season. Three players currently await trial in the case.It was in the aftermath of the highly-charged and much-publicized Duke fiasco that Harvard ran through...
Despite the forum’s lack of friction, event organizers were pleased. Alexis I. Caloza ’04, the Lambda political chair and a second-year law student, described the forum as “an amazing opportunity to hear the candidates speak to the LGBT community...