Word: friction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...time Kidd was promoted to associate dean last year, the friction between her and PBHA was a distant memory, and she had won admiration for being accessible to students. But when the SafetyWalk story broke, old criticisms of Kidd’s team reemerged...
Ruth V. Jesus ’05, a native of Portugal, actually felt more friction with her American peers than with the local Brazilian culture. But she still sums up her experiences in Brazil last fall—and Sweden last summer—as largely beneficial...
...Hindu-nationalist volunteer group, "feel that Vajpayee has done precious little to advance the Hindu agenda," says Harish Khare, a journalist at the Indian newspaper the Hindu and an expert on relations between the BJP and the RSS. Ram Madhav, an RSS spokesman, acknowledges some points of friction between his organization and Vajpayee's government. "We have had some reservations on issues, especially Ayodhya," he says...
...rewriting school textbooks to marginalize the place of Muslims in India's history. Even as the party touts Vajpayee as its benign, paternal face at the national level, it allows some of its local leaders to ignore any harassment of Muslims by Hindus in their states. And despite the friction between the BJP and its right-wing support base, the party will still use the RSS, which has 50,000 branches throughout India and at least 2 million active members, during the coming elections. RSS members are expected to campaign for the BJP and to take over some party jobs...
...outside as you are on the inside," she says. Dan wouldn't argue. He's a positive thinker now, full of can-do, upbeat mottoes and brimming over with assertive high spirits. The man whose favorite sayings used to be "Love is a joke" and "Sex is just friction" spends his time these days flirting and dancing. He sincerely believes that "your life is in your hands and you can make it better." His eyes, no longer obscured by thick glasses, thanks to LASIK surgery, are a striking bluish green. His weight is down from 270 lbs. to something approaching...