Word: friction
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...China's stepped-up oil diplomacy and its increasingly competitive stance in world oil markets are already creating friction with countries such as India, which like China has a bustling economy and a growing oil habit to satisfy. Earlier this year, ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of India's largest oil-and-gas producer, was on the verge of completing a deal that would have given it an 11% stake in a proven oil field in Sudan. While the company waited for the necessary approval from India's Cabinet, CNPC swooped in with an offer that was reportedly...
Certainly, there should be room for friction, dissension and difference of opinion in an academic community—a University devoted to open and honest discourse is based on argument. And, certainly, one can expect some tension between a candidate and those who view him as a potential “spoiler” in an important election. But the kind of unimaginative and disrespectful proselytizing of the LaRouche supporters in question or the openly combative College Dems—not to mention Nader’s unimpressive and angry sensitivity to such taunting—is frustrating. The Forum...
...them votes it down, it technically fails as a treaty. In other words, the "ever-closer union" to which the E.U.'s founders aspired is once again rubbing up against the public's mix of apathy, doubt and outright hostility - and the heat from that friction could make the new constitution go up in flames. The European Parliament elections a few days before the summit provided the first fires. With turnout across the E.U. its lowest ever - and in the new member states averaging an appalling 26% - Euro-skeptics and nationalists won about 15% of seats overall. One of Sweden...
...geopolitics of the Taiwan Strait is a delicate balancing act between Taiwan, China and the U.S. What's said and unsaid can either generate harmony (or at least a temporary truce in the continual war of words between Taipei and Beijing), or friction, or at worst outright conflict. In this complex triangular relationship, Washington is in the most awkward position. It has a "one China" policy but is obligated by its Taiwan Relations Act to come to the island's defense if Taiwan is attacked by the Chinese military. Indeed, in 1996, Washington dispatched two aircraft carriers to the waters...
Olympians still train like the ancients, twirling on the pommel horse for hours, waking up at 6 a.m. to run 50 laps by breakfast. But athletes are increasingly using the latest innovations to help them gain an edge. These include sharkskin swimsuits that reduce friction, video goggles that let rowers watch themselves paddle and speedometers for sprinters...