Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to stem that influx, the U.S. Border Patrol last week opened its first station outside the continental U.S. The office, located at the old Ramey Air Force Base on the west coast of Puerto Rico, will be staffed by 15 officers and equipped with two Boston Whalers and a twin-engine plane. Depending on future patterns of illegal immigration traffic, the Border Patrol may open as many as three other stations on the Puerto Rican coast...
...President's stepped-up efforts for Bork have done little to stem the growing public disapproval of the nominee. Opposition to Bork has been particularly striking in the South. Last week the Atlanta Constitution published a Roper Organization poll of twelve Southern states that showed 51% of respondents against Bork and only 31% for him. Even Southerners who described themselves as conservative opposed Bork...
Wall Street was in a panic today, with no one to guide it out . . . Selling was at a furious pace . . . News to noonday had been quite cheerful, but it was not sufficiently encouraging to stem the tide of frantic selling, which came from all parts of the world, from rich and poor alike . . . The demoralization of the market was complete . . . Many speculators lost all their money . . . The senior partner of a leading exchange house described the situation as "pitiable." Brokers had weeping women in their offices, and in some instances weeping...
After netting two early goals, the Friars managed to stem off a second-half Crimson comeback and secure a 2-1 victory. The loss, Harvard's second straight, dropped the squad's record...
...Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, starring Mickey Rooney, and with the Carol Channing-Mary Martin vehicle Legends!, which ran a year to box-office triumph but abysmal reviews, then closed in January after its stars said they had no desire to bring it to the Main Stem...