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...Hindu-nationalist volunteer group, "feel that Vajpayee has done precious little to advance the Hindu agenda," says Harish Khare, a journalist at the Indian newspaper the Hindu and an expert on relations between the BJP and the RSS. Ram Madhav, an RSS spokesman, acknowledges some points of friction between his organization and Vajpayee's government. "We have had some reservations on issues, especially Ayodhya," he says...
...outside as you are on the inside," she says. Dan wouldn't argue. He's a positive thinker now, full of can-do, upbeat mottoes and brimming over with assertive high spirits. The man whose favorite sayings used to be "Love is a joke" and "Sex is just friction" spends his time these days flirting and dancing. He sincerely believes that "your life is in your hands and you can make it better." His eyes, no longer obscured by thick glasses, thanks to LASIK surgery, are a striking bluish green. His weight is down from 270 lbs. to something approaching...
...suspected "dirty bomb" plot--should be given an attorney and other legal rights. The Pentagon relented just before a filing deadline in a Supreme Court challenge to Hamdi's detention. Justice has also pushed to have the detainees in Guantanamo charged and given lawyers more quickly. Another source of friction, a former Justice official tells TIME, is the Pentagon's refusal to let FBI agents question two of the three "enemy combatants" being held in the continental...
...Crimson, tapering its workouts in order to have additional energy at race time. Also like last year, the Quakers were smoother gliding through the water—previously the result of a more aptly timed shave, this go-around thanks to the speed-enhancing body suits that reduce friction as a swimmer cuts through the water...
...bequest to Harvard. Professors would teach men in Harvard Yard in the morning, then walk down to Radcliffe Yard for afternoon classes with the women. Women were housed separately and, for fear of what might take place in the stacks, women were barred from Lamont Library until 1967. Whatever friction existed in the literal sense between Harvard men and Radcliffe women before that time, the two institutions were constantly rubbing up against each other as they sorted out just what, exactly, their relationship should...