Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even though Princeton scored a pair of late goals in the final period, the Crimson defense was able to stem off the Tiger comeback...
This year the Democrats control both legislative chambers, and a presidential veto alone does not appear to be enough to stem the protectionist tide. Democratic Representatives have resubmitted a tough trade bill that the House passed last year but that died in the Senate. Included in that bill is a controversial amendment sponsored by Democratic Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri. It provides that countries with highly protected domestic markets that run large surpluses with the U.S. would face automatic trade restrictions unless the surplus is reduced by fixed percentages annually. Gephardt's proposal would remove virtually all presidential discretion...
...action was the latest setback for Khashoggi, a key middleman in U.S. arms sales to Iran. French police confiscated his DC-9 aircraft earlier this month. The arms dealer's growing financial woes, which stem in part from the failure of grandiose real estate and development schemes, seem certain to cause further cutbacks in a sybaritic life-style that once earned Khashoggi a reputation as the world's richest...
...Peruvian hotspur once caused quite a stir in conservative Lima. "It is not only the fact that Emma is capable of defying her milieu," he writes, "but also the causes of her defiance that force me to admire that elusive little nobody. These causes are very simple and stem from something that she and I share intimately: our incurable * materialism, our greater predilection for the pleasures of the body than for those of the soul, our respect for the senses and instinct, our preference for this earthly life over any other." In making this pronouncement, Vargas Llosa satisfies...
...aims to increase the role of women in the workforce of third world societies. McPherson said that this goal did not stem from the American concept of equality but, "if we are going to produce as much as we can, we need to make better use of women...