At the same time, getting involved with startups can create friction with other investors.

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The study is also likely to create friction in the United States, where opponents of genetically engineered foods in California are fighting to have all GMOs removed from the food supply.

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What clearly emerges from Mr Griffin's account is a view of the court not as the final arbiter on constitutional questions, but as only one element in a tripartite system of government designed to divide power and create friction between the three branches.

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But smoother increases in marginal tax rates, as under current law, create less economic friction, and fewer deadweight losses, then those with a number of peaks and valleys.

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Eliminate friction : Create a simple, one-stop shopping for all state and federal small business programs, regulations and financing options .

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The transactional friction that Islamic banks create in structuring financial services to be Sharia-compliant is repeated across all products, whether they are loans, mortgages, bonds or asset-management offerings.

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