Rub salt in the wound.

Friction or no friction, OPEC has been, and will always be, irrelevant to market forces on the ground.

And there is the rub for some, this force is a threat.

Many French wish that such self discipline could rub off on Sarkozy.

But the bug in our case was in touch sensitive displays we wanted to be able to draw you know, rub your finger across the screen to input continuous points and there was just too much friction created between your finger and the glass if glass was the substrate, which it usually is.

The prospects for friction between EU members escalate.

He comes for a tummy rub, because he believes that will give me luck.

Bring them back to me , and he began to rub and stroke their shanks and necks .

He said , Bring them back to me . Then he started to rub their legs and necks .

Bring them back to me , and he began to rub and stroke their shanks and necks .

He said , Bring them back to me . Then he started to rub their legs and necks .

Consider the fire that you strike ( and get by friction ) .

Consider the fire that you strike ( and get by friction ) .

Rob Grover Friction really starts to build up on the spacecraft, and we use the friction when it's flying through the atmosphere to our advantage to slow us down.

Nevertheless, the availability of such technologies has already begun to cause friction.

As on the Internet, so in real life sometimes friction has a purpose.

This is a profound change that creates much friction in the transitional phase.

Most sleds are used on surfaces with low friction, such as snow or ice.

The heavy handed approach adopted by the regime is causing friction among even its loyalists.

The bilateral relationship has been rocky ever since, alternating between periods of friction and conciliation.

Friction or no friction, OPEC has been, and will always be, irrelevant to market forces on the ground. OPEC has never had market power, but Saudi Arabia has, and Saudi market power has always been assigned, mistakenly, to OPEC.

But here s the rub financial regulation is enormously complicated, all the more so given that there must be some degree of international consistency.

Consolidation is giving way to friction, with more energy needed to overcome the EU s internal problems.

The French worry that NATO s global ambition, particularly in East Asia, could produce friction with China.

But the friction of normal life usually creates ambiguities that cannot be fully met in advance.

So we go, sit, on the couch sit, tummy rub sit, look, I throw a tennis ball sit, say hello to that other dog.

I could add more to this list, but that would merely be to rub salt into our wounds, which are my own as well.

Friction with the US is thus inevitable, but in the long run there is usually fruitful cooperation.

Many would agree that the root causes of friction among cultures and civilizations are not primarily religious.

Those soaring minarets, those black headscarves, are threatening because they rub salt in the wounds of those who feel the loss of their own faith.

But, despite all this diplomatic friction, Wen s entourage for his visit is dominated by a large business delegation.

Of course, there are other sources of friction now that did not seem as pressing five years ago.

While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.

Friction makes the ice at the bottom of the glacier move more slowly than ice at the top.

In fact, the friction generated by electoral politics is likely to stoke resentments within Shia and Sunni communities as well.

Sometimes pendulums continue to oscillate wildly unless there is some friction to slow them down, and sometimes they get stuck.

In 1801, he performed an experiment showing that the electricity from friction was identical to that produced by voltaic piles.

At that time, transient electrical energy could be generated by friction machines but there was no way to store it.

The root cause of friction is not a clash of civilization but often a clash of political and economic interests.

The hurdy gurdy is the only musical instrument that uses a crank to turn a wheel to rub strings, like the bow of a violin, to produce music.

But this is also Indian territory, wherein lies the rub, for the region is now victim to a creeping China acquisitiveness, with Pakistan acquiescing as a willing accomplice.

The result is a growing territorial assertiveness, which has become a source of new friction along China s land and sea frontiers.

Moreover, there are several objective reasons why the current friction between Europe and the US is unlikely to lead to divorce.

But Russia appears to be in a Gaullist mood, and has other outstanding issues causing friction with the US and Europe.

A more militant Iranian posture is likely to increase friction with Iraq, as well as inspire more anti American violence there.