Some friction arose, though, when China refused to support the Russian invasion of Georgia.
Another source of friction arose over the differing approaches to curbing Iranian influence in the region.
Friction arose in bilateral relations arising from Vietnam's political relations with Taiwan and development plans in the South China Sea.
With regard to labour, colonists agreed with imperial encouragement of free migration, but friction arose over the convicts.
The friction arose because the government in Madrid planned for an old-style E.U. presidency, not knowing whether the Lisbon Treaty would be in force when it took over in January.
Within this legally uncertain situation, friction arose between the English Separatists (the Pilgrims) and the rest of the travelers, with some of the latter threatening to leave the group and settle on their own.
Friction arose last year over the long-contentious question of the beatification of Pope Pius XII, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 and is accused by some of not having done enough to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Almost from the start, Ms. Dennis said, friction arose in her office at 550 Seventh Avenue, as Pegasus used her showroom as its temporary headquarters and Mr. Ruzow began replacing some of her longtime sales and production employees with people he had worked with at Donna Karan.
