Word: friction
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...film About Schmidt, searched for a TV where he could watch his beloved Lakers game. Best of all, MARTIN SCORSESE showed 20 tantalizing minutes of clips from his long-delayed epic Gangs of New York in the company of stars LEONARDO DI CAPRIO and CAMERON DIAZ. Rumors of friction between Scorsese and Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein had scorched the Riviera, but over dinner at the posh Eden Roc Restaurant, the two chatted genially, not once shying rolls at each other...
...Debby, runs a used clothing store. Smitten and desperate Binny finds Debby again and they begin a tenuous relationship. Watson has given us two very convincing male wankers in "Breakfast After Noon" and "Slow News Day," but this time it's the snobbish and secretive Debby who provides the friction. "Binny's not boyfriend material," declares the two-timing Debs. Typical of Watson's style, Binny may not, in fact, be boyfriend material. He's got no job, mooches off friends, and fills his life with other people's cast-offs. Eventually a dramatic English downpour brings things to head...
...prevalent view is that the availability of new territory for campus expansion will lower the pressure for growth on the Cambridge side of the river and reduce friction between Harvard and Cambridge. Although there is no question that large-scale development of any kind in the midst of a dense, well-established city causes considerable friction between neighbors, this view may be too optimistic...
...Saudi officials in Riyadh have also urged more U.S. involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian situation, and they oppose a new war in Iraq. Friction has been mounting between the two governments over Saudi restrictions on U.S. pilots flying Iraq missions from Prince Sultan Airforce Base. There has also been disagreement over the use of the Combined Air Operations Center, or CAOC, a new U.S.-built underground facility equipped with satellite receivers, computers and secret communications that enable commanders to direct a major war with real-time battlefield feedback. The Saudis allowed CAOC's use during the Afghan war, but have...
...devouring itself is depressing precisely because the scenes are so familiar from the past. More troubling, though, is what last week's mayhem says about the country's future. Even after partition, India ended up with one of the largest Muslim populations in the world, now numbering 150 million. Friction with the Hindu majority is inescapable. But the long-term solution for national harmony believed in by hundreds of millions for decades - a purely secular state that respects all religions equally - is looking increasingly like some hoary fantasy. Vajpayee and his BJP claim to believe in secularism, but they came...