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...that a low Sunni turnout would undermine the legitimacy of any new government and dash prospects of a quick postelection pacification of the resistance. "If the Sunnis don't feel they have a stake in the national government," warns a Western diplomat, "they will be a constant source of friction within the political system." Failure to secure Sunni participation in the new government could drive more Sunnis into the arms of the insurgents, delaying a peaceful pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq. "If the Sunnis are not a big part of the next government," says Sadoun al-Dulame, executive director...
...lined up a vertical mark with predetermined stars to provide proper heading ... As Faith 7 blasted into the atmosphere, friction set up a curtain of ionization that knocked out communications ... [The astronaut] scored his bull's-eye landing off the ... carrier Kearsarge ... He was safe?he had done what his equipment could...
...China's stepped-up oil diplomacy and its increasingly competitive stance in world oil markets are already creating friction with countries such as India, which like China has a bustling economy and a growing oil habit to satisfy. Earlier this year, ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of India's largest oil-and-gas producer, was on the verge of completing a deal that would have given it an 11% stake in a proven oil field in Sudan. While the company waited for the necessary approval from India's Cabinet, CNPC swooped in with an offer that was reportedly...
Certainly, there should be room for friction, dissension and difference of opinion in an academic community—a University devoted to open and honest discourse is based on argument. And, certainly, one can expect some tension between a candidate and those who view him as a potential “spoiler” in an important election. But the kind of unimaginative and disrespectful proselytizing of the LaRouche supporters in question or the openly combative College Dems—not to mention Nader’s unimpressive and angry sensitivity to such taunting—is frustrating. The Forum...
...them votes it down, it technically fails as a treaty. In other words, the "ever-closer union" to which the E.U.'s founders aspired is once again rubbing up against the public's mix of apathy, doubt and outright hostility - and the heat from that friction could make the new constitution go up in flames. The European Parliament elections a few days before the summit provided the first fires. With turnout across the E.U. its lowest ever - and in the new member states averaging an appalling 26% - Euro-skeptics and nationalists won about 15% of seats overall. One of Sweden...