Word: stems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to stem the litter-tide, Oregon last October became the first state to ban all no-deposit, no-return bottles, and cans with pop tops. Oregonians must now pay a 2? to 10? deposit on beer and soft-drink containers. A total of 37 other states-including California-are considering similar legislation. Before they act, however, they must consider a practical question: Does Oregon's law work...
...bones. Now she felt fluid, fading into the dying sunlight. She stared at her extremities. Her toes and fingers were slender stalks. Plastic and uprooted like her flowers. Fading thinly into invisibility. Her eyes traveled up her body. Her sturdy thighs, her entire stumpy self was a slender green stem, fading...
...friendly gathering. Most of the people have known each other since childhood. They are eager to make a stranger welcome in their church, and equally eager to talk about the problems of the church. For them, as well as for their rector, some of the problems stem from "the older members of the parish...
...immune system, designed by nature to quickly recognize, attack and destroy any foreign matter that enters the body. The system is complex and depends for its function on a wide variety of highly specialized substances. Its main agents are cells called lymphocytes, which are produced by the so-called "stem cells" of the bone marrow, the mushy, reddish substance that manufactures blood components. Once formed, the lymphocytes develop into two distinct types of cells, each of which plays an important role in the immune response. Those that pass through the thymus-a small organ located just under the breastbone...
...Union does not deny that the University has financial problems, but argues that they stem more from its investment policy than any real shortage of funds. The Union leaflet called the policy "extraordinarily conservative," and argued that more interest from the mammoth endowment could be diverted to provide for the needs of graduate students. The Union says that Harvard received $60 million income on its investment portfolio, but only $45 million of this income and none of the capital gains were funneled into operating expenses. The endowment, therefore, grew 8 per cent last year, far out-stripping...