Word: frictions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wheel. Like a tooth, you know, on the outside of the wheel. A tooth which was once necessary for it to turn the next wheel of the machine. We once had such a thing as a cogwheel. Now they run much more smoothly, after we removed the cogs, less friction, that sort of thing, and you don't have to concern yourself with wayward cogs anymore, or fitting them to the proper size--oh, what effort that did take. Spare yourself...
...1960s Karadzic's life-style offered a complete contrast to what came later. He was charming, well liked, friendly, a bit shy. In keeping with Sarajevo's multicultural past, he lived in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, had several Muslim and Croat friends and never showed any sign of friction with them. "I could not have had a better neighbor," says Ismail Hodzic, 64, a Muslim who still lives next door to Karadzic's former apartment. Karadzic mixed with the Bosnian capital's young bohemians, writers and poets who stayed up all night discussing life, literature and art. Some of them...
...Faculty friction is old," Lopez said. "Somebody is always saying Eck doesn't necessarily get along with Professor Witzel...
...Faculty friction is old," Lopez said. "Somebody is always saying Eck doesn't necessarily get along with Professor Witzel...
...engaged in a very generous form of comprehensive engagement. That is not how the Chinese see it. As far as they are concerned, Clinton's policy is containment by another name. Not only have Washington's harangues on human rights rankled, but there have been other sources of friction. Because of pressure from the U.S., Beijing believes, it lost its bid to host the 2000 Olympics, which went instead to Sydney, Australia. Washington has blocked China's membership in the World Trade Organization, which Beijing wants as a venue for reconciling trade disputes and obtaining more favorable tariff treatment...