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Historically one of the greatest sources of friction between overseers and Corporation members has been the issue of honorary degrees which are conferred at Commencement. Within the last decade, several honorary degree nominations from the Corporation have been attacked by the overseers and abandoned...
...fast trains. The speed record for a railway vehicle (steel wheels running on steel rails) is 255 m.p.h., set at the U.S. Department of Transportation test center in August 1974. Then, in discussing Japan's magnetically levitated train, you say its speed can be attributed to the lack of friction. You ignore the fact that at high speeds much of the resistance to forward motion is air resistance, which affects levitated trains too. Finally, you state that there is "no fear of derailment on a section of bent track." However, a damaged or obstructed guideway could also cause problems...
While most Democratic Progressives share that belief, friction has arisen in the party on how the goal should be achieved. Last month party militants wanted to stage a demonstration outside the Presidential Office Building despite the risk of violent confrontation. At the last minute, the party's moderate wing, led by Legislative Yuan Member Kang Ning-hsiang, had the protest called off. Kang's followers are committed to a nonviolent, parliamentary path to power. While the two factions differ on such matters as how often to hold street protests, last week's demonstration was widely viewed as a sign...
...friction was too much for Communications Minister Amnon Rubinstein, who pulled his centrist, three-member Shinui Party out of the ruling coalition. Rubinstein was particularly incensed over the Likud bloc's frantic deal making with the religious parties, including a Likud promise to support legislation requiring overseas conversions to Judaism to have the approval of the Israeli chief rabbinate, a measure certain to antagonize many U.S. Jews. The Labor- Likud marriage, huffed Rubinstein, was a "two-headed monster ((that)) has reached a dead...
...three-month election campaign was marked by ferment and friction among the country's 5 million whites. Afrikaners, the descendants of the country's first European settlers, had previously been a largely cohesive group that generally opposed change. But in recent times a growing number of them have been discussing the need for fresh approaches to racial policies. Leaders of the powerful Dutch Reformed Church and professors from several universities have called for new thinking about old problems...