Word: friction
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...Taliban in town are being monitored by the new local authorities loyal to President Hamid Karzai, and special forces regularly patrol Tirin Kot. Despite some reports of harassment and beatings by the town's police force, Talibs say their return has caused little friction. They are quite open about their Taliban affiliations. Afghan security officials admit they have neither the budget nor the reach to fully investigate these men for abuses during the Taliban period. Sardar Mohammed, head officer of Tirin Kot's district police force, says the Taliban foot soldiers are not a problem. "They surrendered and gave...
...Taliban in town are being monitored by the new local authorities loyal to President Hamid Karzai, and special forces regularly patrol Tirin Kot. Despite some reports of harassment and beatings by the town's police force, Talibs say their return has caused little friction. They are quite open about their Taliban affiliations. Afghan security officials admit they have neither the budget nor the reach to fully investigate these men for abuses during the Taliban period. Sardar Mohammed, head officer of Tirin Kot's district police force, says the Taliban foot soldiers are not a problem. "They surrendered and gave...
...Swedish: A system of long strokes, kneading and friction on the surface layer of muscles. Also involves movement of the joints. The most common form of massage...
...equivalent to a supreme court - where she acted as that body's leading ethicist. When her term as justice expired in 2001, she continued advising the E.U. and was putting together a private legal practice specializing in bioethics issues when she received the call from Raffarin. Given the friction that many of France's domestic policies promise to create with its European partners, Lenoir may need all the connections and accumulated goodwill she has acquired. But her easygoing demeanor, eagerness to drop French for English to facilitate discussion and engaging discourse (perfected during teaching stints at Columbia and Yale Universities...
...many women who began their undergraduate careers in the Quad later transferred to the River Houses despite social friction and occasional sexism...