Word: frictional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dusk of Dawn is the autobiography of a Negro whose lifelong attempt has been to ease friction between U. S. whites and blacks. In William E. Burghardt Du Bois's youth the faith of the nation was Progress. The faith of his college, the Harvard University of 1890, was Science and Truth...
...substitute for religion and boy friends, she turned to Swinburn's poetry. Youngest son Frank, although his father's pet, was addicted to melancholy, once burst out: "Nobody loves me in my own house." There was friction between her parents, though it was oblique or hidden. A characteristic tiff came about when Mrs. Thomas, inspired by Tolstoi's My Religion, began giving handouts to any and all beggars. Said Dr. Thomas at last: "I admire Tolstoi in many ways, but he has no common sense, and he lives in the country...
...first, Jamaica Inn, did not quite come off, due to friction between the bulgy Hitchcock and the bulky Charles Laughton egos. This time Hitchcock does it all his way, does a splendid job and has a splendid cast to do it with...
...Tientsin American Chamber of Commerce prepared to appeal to Washington. This week the Japanese Cabinet met to discuss what must at length be discussed in every Japanese crisis: how to back down, save face, win new popularity with the Japanese people, leave the way open for renewal of friction...
...between the Army and R. A. F., so is there friction between R. A. F. and the Royal Navy. Last week Admiral Sir Roger Keyes let go in the London Daily Telegraph & Morning Post a salvo at R. A. F.'s general failure to understand and assist the Navy in its problems. In particular he lamented the failure of airplanes to follow up the submarine Salmon's discovery and crippling of a German sea squadron last month. The submarine had to dive to escape, but not before it told the R. A. F., which then let slip...