Word: frictioned
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...friction--many Republicans use the term "war"--between the liberal Yankees and the populist-conservative ethnics continues, with each wing blaming the other for the Party's inability to make a dent on the state political scene...
...home front, the next Prime Minister will have to deal with the growing friction between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews. Tensions have arisen over issues ranging from burial practices to bus service on the Sabbath. In Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, a dispute has broken out over whether restaurants and cinemas could be opened on the Sabbath. The "ultraOrthodox" Jews, as they are known in Israel, have repeatedly battled police in their protests against archaeological digs outside Jerusalem's Old City. When a university professor inadvertently drove through one of their neighborhoods in Jerusalem on a Friday night, thus violating...
However noble the intention, the formula made friction almost inevitable. The burden of austerity fell heavily on those most in need of help and least able to pay the price. The history of the IMF is peppered with instances of resistance and outright hostility by would-be borrowers. Over the past decade, the problem has grown to alarming proportions. Burdened by huge oil bills, worldwide recession, slumping commodities prices and punishing interest rates, developing countries have been hurt as never before. The big debtors among them need new credits just to meet their interest payments, and most are threatened with...
...nominee. I've got the votes." He cited a precise number of delegates behind him: 2,008. Mondale pledged to work for "a unified convention," saying that he would make personal appeals to both Hart and Jackson to join him in that effort. He conceded under questioning that the friction among the candidates had been great, but he tried to down-play it. "Our Democratic Party is a family," he said, "and as families sometimes do, we squabble. But our bonds are stronger than our battles...
...latest initiative toward boosting the yen began last fall. Meeting in Tokyo, President Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone pledged to seek ways to end economic friction, particularly concerning the value of the yen. But little progress was made until the end of March, when Treasury Secretary Donald Regan went to Tokyo and bluntly scolded the Japanese at a fist-thumping news conference...