Still, points of severe friction are likely to remain.
While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.
Romão and Rose, despite some friction, are presented as an idealized Everycouple, humble, honest and deeply devoted.
Coefficients of sliding friction are generally 100 to 1,000 times greater than coefficients of rolling friction for corresponding materials.
They are never washed with water: air and friction are the only things that clean them, until they are absolutely pure, straight from the field.
Now comes the task of turning headlines into facts on the ground.Both sides know that old points of friction are never far away.
The editor of this unusual collection says that "the things that cause you friction are the things from which you might make art," and that losing "is one of the most endemic frictions".
New sources of friction are constantly appearing in the relationship between the United States and China: trade disputes, tension over North Korea, debates over curbing carbon emissions, allegations of cyberattacks by China.
Already, signs of friction are surfacing.
All of the necessary points of friction are there.
Internal angles of friction are partly quite high.
