Word: frictioned
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...became la légitime, that is, wife. If De Gaulle gives the expected nod, Michel Debré will take over the job of president of the Gaullist U.N.R. faction in the Assembly and employ his undeniable talents in dealing with the ineffective leadership, poor organization and internal friction that have recently plagued the party...
...vessel on which it is mounted. Gyros that can do this job accurately for short periods are not too hard to build. But when a gyro is used steadily for days or weeks at a time, it tends to drift from its proper direction, usually because of friction in its bearings and other supporting parts. Even though that friction can be reduced almost to the vanishing point, the least trace of a rub can make the gyro drift...
Electrical Support. For all practical purposes Honeywell's ESG has no friction at all. The beryllium sphere that is its rotor is enclosed in a ceramic case lined with copper electrodes that do not quite touch the sphere's surface. The electrodes carry powerful electric charges so that each of them tugs at the sphere. Whenever the tug gets uneven, a quick and intricate electronic circuit adjusts the charges so that the beryllium ball remains precisely in the center of the cavity, supported by nothing but electrical force...
...Brutal Friendship, by F. W. Deakin. In a scrupulously documented study, Historian Deakin shows how unacknowledged friction between Hitler and Mussolini poisoned the relations and disrupted the war efforts of their two countries...
...best by Joel Porte in "A Jew Speaks to Harvard Catholics," easily the finest article in the issue. Porte begins by explaining how the Jew, also part of an ancient, historically formidable religion, can sympathize with the Catholic. But he goes on to note a possible "secret source of friction between Catholics and Jews," namely the Catholic bitterness at unbelieving Jews like Freud, Marx, and Einstein, who have fashioned so much of the modern world. His challenge to this alienated Catholic is eloquent: "After almost six thousand years of history the Jew finds himself alone in a frightening universe with...