Word: stems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Racial disturbances usually stem from some dispute between two students, and only become racial when other students take sides," he says. "By getting teachers on the scene quickly, we can solve problems before they grow into something bigger...
Humphrey's campaign in Nebraska caught fire during the past week, as McGovern desperately tried to stem charges that he is a radical who advocates the legalization of marijuana, amnesty for draft evaders, and free abortion...
...ransom and four parachutes, coolly bailed out as the plane flew on toward Reno, and was never caught. Immortalized in song and on sweatshirts, Cooper has inspired nearly half a dozen imitators, all of whom have failed. But a new spate of plane snatchings last week seemed to stem from the more recent exploits of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr., 29, who came the closest to succeeding since the Cooper caper...
...differences are mostly economic, and stem from Washington's attempts since last August to shore up the U.S. balance of trade. Canada, which is the U.S.'s largest trading partner, was wounded by Nixon's sudden decision to impose a since-rescinded surcharge on imports. Washington, in turn, was annoyed last fall that the Canadians were reluctant to revalue their dollar...
...says of the great figures of whom she writes (Rousseau Hegel). Judith Shklar "defies classification." Her surprising humility and the bitterness that sometimes tinged her conversation stem, one of her students thinks, from her own philosophical and humanitarian goals. While appreciating herself what the contradictions of man's existence are, she is constantly distressed at what a botch people have made and make in trying to resolve them. More than anyone she is aware of the possibly irreducible contradictions in human life, but she also feels that it is one's obligation to life and reason to make...