Word: stems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...students, and one white-bearded eccentric called Prophet Dan, who claims he could cure the stricken girl. Dominating the courtroom, just behind the witness stand, is a huge (3 ft. by 5 ft.) diagram of the human brain, with all the parts clearly labeled-cerebellum, brain stem, pons, medulla...
...career to count himself "pleased" with having made a woman's picture at a time when male stars dominate the screen. He does admit to being "thrilled" by Mahogany's fast getaway at the box office. As ever, Berry Gordy's emotional highs seem to stem less from the heart than from the bottom line of his all-black ledger...
...private employers are moving out. Since 1969, when there were 3,798,000 jobs in the city, 456,000 have been lost. In part, this reflects a national trend of manufacturers escaping the high-cost, crime-ridden inner cities. Even so, New York has done next to nothing to stem the exodus. Says Savas: "City officials look upon business as a convenient cow to be milked." Until recently, the city offered few of the tax breaks or sundry inducements that other places use to attract and keep industry. "New York City has had a totally planless economic development," says Herbert...
...problem this way, misrepresents more than New York's plight. The choice is not between inflationary government spending and freedom. It is between spending for services such as Social Security, food stamps, health care and education or spending for defense and helping out big corporations. Budget deficits and inflation stem from massive defense spending and inept Nixon and Ford economic policies rather than Federal social programs...
Hammer's personal problems stem from an anonymous $100,000 commitment he made to the Nixon campaign...