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Requiring confirmation and testimony would be even worse. Raising the visibility of the NSC advisor would only institutionalize the inevitable friction between this individual and cabinet secretaries, thereby increasing the likelihood the United States would speak with several voices. The capacity of the NSC to act as an honest broker of the policy process would be undermined. And the president would have lost an invaluable source of private advice in this critical policy area...
Another important feature to consider is the method by which the paper is fed into the computer. The two basic types of paper feed are friction and tractor...
...Friction feed works like a typewriter, allowing the user to print one page at a time. This is especially useful when printing on special paper, such as personal stationary. Tractor feed mechanisms feed in continuous, fan-fold paper, through a set of wheels which grip the holes on either side of the paper...
...Philippine President Corazon Aquino's first official visit to the U.S. and a planned meeting with Ronald Reagan at the White House, Manila was rife with rumors that a military coup might take place during her absence. Despite persistent friction within her government between some civilian Cabinet members and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who last week warned that he might react "like Rambo" if his colleagues continued their criticism, the President seemed unperturbed. Looking fresh and relaxed, Aquino had just finished giving a group of schoolchildren a tour as she greeted TIME Hong Kong Bureau Chief William Stewart...
Hudnut and Gropius had a falling out soon after the war, a natural result of the friction between these two strong personalities and their ideas. Both departed the school within several years of each other...