Word: stems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many of Carter's difficulties stem from the fact that America is divided on major issues, and he cannot be expected magically to reconcile the differences in a few weeks. Example: some economists and businessmen fear that his economic program is inflationary, while many liberals deem it insufficient. Carter has a Democratic Congress, of course, but many of its leaders are eager to reassert congressional power eroded during recent Administrations...
...Well, I don't expect anything more from Washington now than I expected from the Ford Administration; namely that they take an interest in the course of peace in southern Africa and that they must do so in an attempt to stem Marxist-Communist takeovers in southern Africa...
Financial officers cannot stem inflation, nor can they control federal grants or guarantee a high level of alumni giving. The only sources left for them to draw on are student fees and the endowment. Harvard's financial strategy takes into account not just the Class of 1980 but the Class of 2080 as well. As a result, the administration tends to treat the endowment as a sacred cow: in accordance with classic accounting principles, college financial officers avoid dipping into the principal of the endowment...
Although they are still operating it at full power, the Russians have cut back the Kiev buzz saw's schedule from hours at a time to scattered one-and two-minute bursts. To stem criticism, they are also dodging vital safety service and amateur frequencies. "It's become a cat-and-mouse game," says Douglas Spalt, an FCC treaty branch official. Meanwhile, Western states can do little else about the big noisemaker except ask for cooperation...
...first held in a unified Viet Nam. The six-day meeting in some respects resembled an overblown victory banquet. The 1,008 cadres and 24 fraternal foreign delegations-led by the Soviet Central Committee's Mikhail Suslov-endured no fewer than 55 speeches, including an eight-hour stem-winder by Le Duan. The theme of the Congress-Thong Nhat (national reunification)-was symbolized by the arrival of delegates from the South aboard the inaugural run of the rebuilt Saigon-Hanoi railway. Indeed, not only Thong Nhat was the leitmotiv of the long-winded harangues, but it was visible every...