The war has strained relations between the army and the government, with generals accusing the government of penny-pinching and sending their men into battle under-equipped.
The United States, which is a sponsor of the Middle East peace talks, says Israeli settlements are an obstacle to peace, and the issue has strained relations with Israel's right-wing government.
Lack of sleep, high stress levels, and strained relationships often result from too much work and too little play.
At the same time, he repaired the strained relationship with his father and helped Luke finally move past his grief over Mara's death.
The location of the U.S. military in Okinawa has strained relations between the two allies, however.
Although fought on the side of South during Korea's civil war, the 37,000 U. s. troops still stationed in the country have strained relations with their hosts.
Alonso confronts rumours that he has a strained relationship with his new team-mate, Felipe Massa.
They also noted that not all relationships are good for you, referring to evidence that single people have better mental health than those in strained relationships.
Mr Kan himself is keen to improve strained relations with Japan’s once-oppressed neighbours, especially South Korea and China.
He was convinced that the helicopters were American. "I began to wonder if the Americans were invading us," he says, recalling the recent history of strained relations between the two countries.
Mr Cameron's new band of Allies may be a symptom of Britain's strained relationship with Europe rather than a solution to it.
Yet his aggressive tone strained relations not only with America and Britain, but also with eastern Europe.
Father and son had a strained relationship and the elder Jackson was left out of his son's will.
The two countries have a history of strained relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution.
If it is a strained relationship, if the connection between the idea and its object is tenuous, then we are dealing with an unclear idea.
WHEN Cristina Fernández replaced her husband, Néstor Kirchner, as Argentina's president on December 10th, she hinted that she would improve her country's strained relations with the United States.
Krishna told reporters on arrival Wednesday that his visit marks a new beginning in the efforts to improve strained relations.
Instead, the expectation is that the two superpowers, while conducting business as usual on existing agreements such as grain sales, will enter Mr. Reagan's final year in office with their already strained relations in a nearly glacial state.
the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
Over the past two months, the Portuguese's future has been a hot topic for debate, with reports of a strained relationship with the club's hierarchy.
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