Word: frictioned
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...screened all applicants scrupulously to make sure that no opponents of the regime were admitted to membership. Now, however, the Guards are competing with the army for recruits. In some cases, the Guards have taken young draftees who were awaiting induction into the army, creating yet another area of friction between the Guards and the armed forces...
They may end up with a room temperature "superconductor" capable of conducting enormous electrical currents without resistance. With it "you can create enormous amounts of power without a power loss," says Silvera. Most conductors lose electrical power because of friction but a superconductor could transport electricity at super-fast speeds with greater energy efficiency...
That's why Democratic bigwigs know that Jackson's candidacy is bound to help the party in the long run; his efforts at registering voters in the South will prove handy in November though his snipes at Mondale now cause friction. And this is why the Democratic National Committee-as well as a smattering of other, liberal groups-is channeling $2 million into community based voter registration efforts...
Vairo learned the game on the streets of Brooklyn. Literally. He played with roller skates on asphalt, using a roll of friction tape for a puck. Until he was 21, Vairo had never put on ice skates. But soon he was hanging around New York Rangers practice sessions and reading anything he could find on the subject. By 1972 he had saved enough money to send himself to Moscow, the mecca of European hockey. "Soviet teams made magic with the puck," Vairo says. "Their tempo was quick, and they were always in superb condition. I figured this was the model...
...important to keep partisan friction from stymying the city council at the beginning." said A very Upchurch, who will be sworn in as Raleigh, N.C.'s chief executive in a few weeks...