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Miller, a former U.S. and British Open champ, thinks this could be the best Masters in years. "The friction is good for the game," he says. "Now if they would just say, 'I'm better than that guy. I'm going to win today,' that would be even better." C'mon, guys, a little trash talk in golf? Doubtful at hallowed Augusta. But we'll be watching just in case...
...context of inevitable (although manageable) friction between India and China, recent actions by the U.S. are, well, curious. Two weeks ago, in briefings in Washington and New Delhi, senior American officials went out of their way to state that it was now a U.S. goal to "help India become a major power in the 21st century." This, said one official, was a "highly significant development," and so it is. Taken together with the strengthening of the U.S.-Japan alliance that has been such a feature of the presidency of George W. Bush, Washington's strategic embrace of India...
...been working for some time as a preconclave lobby to make certain that the next Pope is a staunch traditionalist. Tettamanzi would play very well: he has a kind, grandfatherly mien still associated at the Vatican with the much beloved Pope John XXIII. Yet there is said to be friction between the Archbishop of Milan and his predecessor, Martini. The man who might have been Pope could work to derail Tettamanzi's candidacy. There are enough intrigues in Rome just now to fill a Dan Brown novel...
...Legalized porn had a sister trend in the early 70s: feminism. Deep Throat benefited from that as well. The movie did acknowledge the existence of a clitoral orgasm, though by transporting it to a part of the body where friction would give men equal pleasure. In real life, fellatio can be deemed an act of submission for the woman (and emission for the man). In this movie's life, it brings a woman to ecstasy. "Guess what?" shouts Erica Jong in Inside Deep Throat.. "It's not true!" What is true is that erupting sperm is the money shot...
...prevent friction between roommates, DormAid is a fully configurable service: students are able to choose how much and how often they clean—specifying dates, times, and specific rooms within the suites. In this way, one person’s decision to employ the service does not become a burden to that person’s roommate. Unlike a host of other products ranging from microfridges to water coolers, televisions, video, stereo, and gaming systems, the cleaning service DormAid provides can be easily bought by all or just by some members of a room—the cost split...