Word: frictioned
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...Flaps rotate upward to increase friction during re-entry...
...Harvard man Lobb—who had earlier barbed Mukamel by asking coolly, “Is that your team? You should have got some of your robots to take part...”—began to reel off the reasons for the friction, but didn’t get past Harvard’s flare for poaching MIT’s faculty before being interrupted by his combative counterpart...
...That's not likely to happen. Even though Riley and Jordan downplay the friction between the two organizations, the tension was apparent at this week's meeting. "I think that was confirmed," said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the nonprofit watchdog group Metropolitan Crime Commission. "People who were at that meeting who hoped to walk out with a sense of hope were disappointed. If there is a disconnect between police and state prosecutors, the only winners are the criminals...
...begin, he said, he thought it wise to enlist the help of the UC. According to UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08, about 95 percent of this spring’s ISBN numbers were eventually recorded, despite the Coop’s intervention. Still, the friction with Coop officials was frustrating, said Petersen, who had initially hoped that the Coop would freely provide the ISBN numbers of the textbooks it carried. “Our goal is to make sure textbooks are cheaper both in the store and online and the only way we can accomplish that...
...girl, and it’s sexual harassment. Make an ethnic joke, and it’s racism. These liberals cannot conceive of a situation in which such actions are a symbol of a healthier democracy, one whose citizens have somewhat longer leashes, and where every little piece of friction doesn’t ignite into a fire. Where, in short, the social fabric isn’t stretching thin...