Word: stems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Travel Restrictions. Recognizing the virulence of cholera, officials in many countries have moved quickly to stem its spread. Health authorities from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon met last week in the Lebanese town of Chtaura and agreed on regulations that make cholera vaccinations compulsory for travelers between the three countries. Israeli health officials began demanding that all persons crossing from Jordan into Israel be immunized prior to entry. The Soviets went even farther. Travel to Astrakhan and Odessa was restricted, cutting the cities off from the rest of the country, and all but essential trips to Black Sea vacation areas were...
...Closed Club. The faults of the specialists stem largely from the fact that they operate as a private, loosely restricted club. Any well-heeled exchange member can theoretically become a specialist, but all the listed issues are already assigned to the relatively few specialists. On the New York Stock Exchange, newly listed issues are allocated by a 17-man committee; of its members, six are specialists, and the rest figure to be allied with them by friendship or self-interest...
...grace. We ask you to hear our prayers, our Lord who died that we might live again through Christ Jesus. Amen." The minister finishes, and looks sideways at Mr. and Mrs. Blake, He see they are not crying, and he is pleased. It is a minister's duty to stem tears and to distribute grace and the promise of life eternal. Very few cry at a funeral at which he presides, he is happy...
Yolles himself dates the beginning of his downfall from that courageous testimony, which he reiterated with equal force last September. Many insiders at NIMH disagree. They contend that his troubles stem from his insensitive techniques in dealing with both equals and political superiors at HEW. For whatever reason, Finch's office concluded early this year that Yolles must go. The word spread quickly through...
Although it is difficult to imagine the government ever really withholding funds from Harvard, impetus for change should stem from the mere fact that an investigation was deemed necessary...