Word: frictions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cleansing" in the region. But the economic and political cost to Milosevic of giving up Eastern Slavonia would be so high that it seems wishful thinking to believe he would do so on these terms. If the Clinton plan falters on eastern Slavonia, it leaves the biggest source of friction in the Balkans unremedied. "Even a fairly small event there could very rapidly escalate beyond anybody's imagination," says a Western military analyst in Zagreb...
Given the friction raised by this clash, a lot of charges and counter-charges have been traded by both sides. I doubt that any editorialist could quickly articulate the patterns of justification offered by either side in this controversy. Yet both tend to overlook the philosophical roots of their positions. By sharpening these distinctions, perhaps some clarity can be lent to a debate too often characterized by murky accusations and questioning of motives...
Carlos Lopez, president of the graduate studentcouncil, said that his experience in thedepartment has been excellent, although he saysthat there is some friction at the faculty level...
...former lecturer is suing three professors and the graduate school dean for unspecified damages, the Dean of the Graduate School has been made the Department's chair, some graduate students say they are considering leaving the Department and there is friction between two of the Department's three tenured professors...
Undeterred by traffic, his partner's injury and a pair of high-friction tries, 71-year-old Dale O. Hiestand biked 1,830 miles over 34 days from his home in Cooper City, Fla. to a 50th reunion in Cambridge...