Word: friction
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...Regardless, South Korean politics seem poised for a sharp left turn. Many Uri Party members want more economic aid funneled to North Korea, which could increase friction between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program. Seoul's plan to send 3,000 troops to Iraq by the end of June could also be in jeopardy. Officially, the Uri Party supported Roh's decision to send Korean troops. But the deployment could now come up for debate again. The Uri Party's parliamentary leader Kim Keun Tae says: "We have to examine carefully whether...
Meanwhile, semiconductors are creating trade friction with China. Last month Japan and the European Union publicly supported a complaint the U.S. filed with the World Trade Organization against Beijing for imposing a 17% tax on imported semiconductors while levying 3% on chips made domestically. The policy has helped attract chipmakers like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to open plants on the mainland. One U.S. trade group estimates that at least 19 new semiconductor facilities will be built there by 2008. --By Julie Rawe...
...together. The flashy Anil, who is married to a former film actress, likes designer clothes and jogs every morning, his chauffeur driving slowly behind. Mukesh is sedate and prefers spending time with his children or catching up on technical journals. For now, at least, there is no sign of friction. Mukesh and Anil live under one roof with their families and their mother Kokilaben, called Mummy by Reliance employees...
...public forgave, or forgot. Lucky that it did, because now audiences will get to see her in Jade Goddess as An Xin, a policewoman who faces an unwanted pregnancy, friction at headquarters and an affair with a drug trafficker (Tse) whom she is assigned to hunt down. Zhao's performance must, and does, show the weight of these dilemmas as they threaten to crush her. The mood on the set was nearly as serious as that in the film, but Zhao says she respects the care Hui took with every element of production. "In the morning, when I'd come...
Still, they say this friction can be good for the final product...