Word: friction
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...hope that the subtle interaction between driver and passenger is more closely studied and that friction-reducing measures result. For example, CD systems programmed to play three, four, even five discs simultaneously, ending those music lovers' spats that so often end in compromise, Celine Dion and listening misery...
...TIME national correspondent Edward Barnes. "It just took the company a while to respond to that confusion." And unfortunately for Smith & Wesson, that hesitation may have lost them not only their former allies but also the burgeoning trust of the current administration. "Clearly there's been a lot of friction between Smith & Wesson and the retail stores," says Barnes. And now there's an equally powerful frisson of tension percolating between the feds and the gunmaker; some analysts predict they could end up facing one another as adversaries in a lengthy court battle...
...that needed no river to drive it. Water poured into his system would, in theory, turn a wheel that would power a pump that would cause the water to flow back over the wheel that would power the pump, and so on. But the second law means that any friction created by wheel and pump would turn into heat and noise; reconverting that into mechanical energy would take an external power source. Even if the machine were friction-free, the wheel couldn't grind grain. That would require energy beyond what it took to keep the wheel itself going...
...aboard motorized lifts were another innovation, which welded a framework to hold materials to the top of the machine. Lane also modified several storage containers to better transport various types of materials. Waxed shelves have reduced friction and made it easier to slide out heavy boxes of books...
...latest comedy of bad manners. Last time it was a raucous family reunion (The Hundred Brothers). Now it's a gathering of psychoanalysts putting mind over batter at the Pancake House & Bar. Stuffing themselves with comfort food, the shrinks cross egos and libidos while pondering such subjects as Self/Other Friction Theory. Antrim's brand of social satire is an acquired taste, but it takes only a few pages to acquire...