Word: frictions
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...husky fragility of Richards' vocal takes instant hold, it is clear that this is more than just a good closer for a record. Richards takes the lead for once, and Jagger glides in on harmony. It's a political gesture, a way of dealing with all that friction, even as it's being moved out front. And it's something more, an envoi, the start of a long goodbye...
...trade battles between Japan and the U.S., few have provoked more friction than the fight over the semiconductor industry. Ten years ago, U.S. companies manufactured 80% of the world's computer microchips, but since then the Japanese have taken over roughly that share. Last week a group of seven American computer companies, including archrivals IBM and Digital Equipment, announced a move that might help the U.S. recoup some of its lost ground. The companies will create a joint venture that will manufacture and sell dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips using IBM technology...
Lesbian couples now appear at Radcliffe's formal Senior Soiree, and gays routinely dance together at Harvard events. That can sometimes lead to friction. In February a ruckus broke out when a gay student asked the younger brother of a straight student to dance. Gay students soon after staged a "kiss-in" to protest alleged harassment. Says Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian co-chair Kelly Dermody: "This year was wild...
...been redesigned as well. Early last year Wilson Sporting Goods hired Gail Jonkouski, a former NASA engineer, to design a golf ball that would fly farther and straighter than balls then in use. With the help of a computer, Jonkouski rearranged the dimples on the balls to reduce air friction...
...exit of Control Data could aggravate U.S.-Japan trade friction over supercomputers. Says Etsuro Yamada, a spokesman for Fujitsu: "The fact is that Control Data lost in a fight with Cray, but that may not be the way the Americans will look at it." The U.S. has long complained about the Japanese government's failure to buy U.S.-made supercomputers. The two countries signed a 1987 accord in which Tokyo agreed to eliminate discrimination against U.S. supercomputer makers in the purchasing procedures of Japanese government agencies and universities. But since then, Tokyo has failed to buy a single U.S. supercomputer...