Word: friction
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...controversy over the harassment chargescreated friction within the guard unit...
...European Economic and Monetary Union, and its new currency, the euro. The reason for concern is not that the EMU will mean a stronger Europe that can challenge the U.S. economy. Quite the contrary, the EMU is likely to weaken European economies, leading to more trade friction and economic isolation. But the most important problems the EMU can cause are political, bringing increased conflict within Europe and with...
Reducing policy competition among the nations of Europe will therefore reduce the ability of European companies to compete in world markets. The result will be increased trade friction with the U.S. and other countries as Europe attempts to block American and other non-European products on the ground that they are made under "unfair conditions," i.e, in countries with lower tax rates and more flexible labor markets...
...sclerosis. Hints of her affliction started with sporadic numbness and dizzy spells. At first doctors ascribed them to psychological troubles. Finally came the diagnosis of MS. As the condition ravaged her body and robbed her of the ability to play, it brought on profound personality imbalances that created tremendous friction in her family...
...laden stream in space. In its yearly travels around the sun, Earth intersects with or comes close to that stream every November, and sightings of the Leonids have been recorded in texts as far back as A.D. 902. The speeding meteoroids hurtle into Earth's atmosphere, are heated by friction and become blazing meteors that are incinerated in midair...