Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...depositors could spread. Said he: "Although the Ohio and Maryland savings and loan situations are of negligible dimension, they are scaring everyone silly. If people ever became disaffected with the federal insurance system, you could get emotional runs on the S and Ls that would be difficult to stem...
These reactions stem from the discovery and authentication of a puzzling 1830 letter that is a much discussed, contentious issue in Mormon circles. The 637-word document contains one of the earliest accounts of Joseph Smith's finding of the Book of Mormon, the scripture that has equal authority with the Bible for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (world membership: 5.4 million...
...charges, made by the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled and the American Civil Liberties Union, stem from a 1983 article in a medical journal that was written by four doctors involved. It said that all 36 babies selected for treatment survived, while 24 children who received no treatment died within six months. The criteria used to determine who should get treatment, according to the Legal Center, included the severity of illness as well as the anticipated "contribution" from home and society. The two groups claim that race and economic background were among the factors considered. Carlton...
...part the difficulties stem from the complexity of working couples' lives. There are only so much energy, emotion and especially time to go around. When the career-minded pair finally meet at home, they are usually exhausted. Often their conversation is confined to work. Intimacy erodes; boredom sets in. Says Sara Yogev, a Skokie, Ill., psychotherapist: "It's funny, but even sex can become another task that they need to do, satisfying physically but not emotionally...
Although the U.S. dropped more bombs on North Vietnam during the decade of involvement than all combatants did in World War II, the panelists all said the country's current dire straits stem from government mismanagement. The current regime--which is closely allied with the Soviet Union adn Cuba--has devoted much of its resources toward fighting neighboring Kampuchea and securing itself against a possible Chinese invasion...