Word: friction
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...friction escalates between Washington and Moscow, the U.S. could find itself shut out of the International Space Station. After it retires the space shuttle in 2010, NASA will be dependent on Russian spacecraft until...
...country's new Prime Minister on Aug. 18, four months after his former rebel group won a majority in landmark elections that transformed the Himalayan kingdom into a secular republic. Nepal's new leader now faces food and fuel shortages, opposition from the displaced Old Guard and friction with regional separatists...
...water down the body. This was significant because in previous attempts to reduce drag, the water would run quickly down the body and then form an eddy that would literally pull the swimmer backwards. So, in effect, the turbulators reduced total drag by increasing (slightly) the amount of friction on the surface of the body...
...thus far, Indian politicians haven't offered much beyond pro forma calls for calm. India is a proudly secular state, and acknowledging the friction between Hindus and Muslims could offend the millions of Muslims who have nothing to do with extremist groups, domestic or otherwise. "Our politicians are still in denial mode," says Raman, the counterterrorism expert. "To be able to solve this problem, they have to understand its real nature." The rift between India's Hindus and Muslims is real. Until India acknowledges that fact, the country can't begin to mend...
...that question for more than a year. The retired brass couldn't find any evidence that allowing gays to be open would hurt the military, but they did find some evidence that kicking gays out hurts. One heterosexual officer who just got back from Iraq told the authors that "friction resulting from the prosecution of service members found to be gay is far greater than the friction that results from simply knowing a gay person...