Word: friction
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HOOK 6 to 9 ball revolutions In the dry backend, friction is at a maximum. The ball rotates fastest, and the hook becomes most pronounced...
...headquarters in Seattle, the staff has deliberately developed a culture of self-criticism--or "friction," as they call it. The main sources are Bill and Melinda. "We'll have friction here until the day those two die," says COO Mathews. Presenting to them, says Greg Shaw, director of the Pacific Northwest program, is like arguing in front of the Supreme Court. "They really go after where you feel most vulnerable...
...military intelligence believes that were it not for al-Zarqawi, the nationalists would have developed a political identity by now. Differences in means and ends have long caused friction among the odd bedfellows of the resistance. From the beginning there have been two wars fought in Iraq, one of liberation and one of global holy war. "Insurgency and terror are two different things," says Khalilzad. The divide was evident in Fallujah last year, when al-Zarqawi's foreign fighters dominated the city and the insurgency at large. They took over local militias' checkpoints and neighborhoods, even "arresting" leading Sunni insurgent...
Reese credits the rooming arrangement for a bit of extra friction over TV-watching privileges...
...that I did not expect. Such as the question of violence. I said to him that if there is anything that will create bad blood between us, it is the slaughter of human beings with government connivance. That is the one thing that has created a great deal of friction between me and De Klerk. DE KLERK: A different approach from the A.N.C. could have prevented much of the grief. Mandela could have started negotiating sooner. They should never have embarked on acts of terrorism, killing innocent civilians; it had a dramatic effect on white public opinion. If they...