Word: stemming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...housing crisis and war stem from the same source-a government that is considerably more interested in profits than the welfare of its people. It has the money to send junk to the moon, but not to build decent housing," Kelly said...
FONT HAS SAID he believes the charges stem from his Jan. 11 request that the Secretary of the Army convene a board of inquiry to investigate responsibility for alleged atrocities in Vietnam, including some said to have taken place during operations commanded by Seaman...
Baxter, who teaches a course called "the causes of war." said that international law is necessary to stem brutality. Ensign disagreed, saying "The executions after World War II were supposed to serve as a lesson. Do you think the officers in Vietnam learned...
Just what those "specific issues" are is unclear. However, most of the troubles at the CLE seem to stem from differences between David L. Kirp, director of the Center, and members of his staff about how the Center should...
...soundlessly through the underbrush, alert to the forest's early-warning system: the cries of startled birds, the fetid scent of the deadly fer-de-lance, the click-click of an enraged wild boar. Xumu, the old chief of the Amahuaca, also instructed him in jungle medicine. The stem of the paka nixpo plant, when chewed, prevented tooth decay for years; the extract of the ayahuasca vine was especially prized for producing visions that, Córdova-Rios says, actually enhance human intelligence. After many adventures-hunting, harvesting rubber, procuring arms for the tribe-Córdova-Rios eventually...