Word: stems
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UNFORTUNATELY, there is a limit to how much can be done to stem the tide of increasing pollution. A worldwide consensus on the problem is unlikely given that the risks of a climate change differ from nation to nation. Unilateral action seems even more unlikely given the industrial nations economic dependency on the polluting industries. An Environmental Protection. Agency report released in October this concluded." It is extremely unlikely that any substantial actions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would of would be taken unilaterally...
...Administration sought to stem the rising tide by having Chester Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs, explain the Administration's policy of "constructive engagement." Crocker complained that the policy, largely his creation, has been misunderstood. "It is not an embracing of any status quo," he said, adding that the U.S. has supported those black union leaders, students, clergymen and businesses seeking reforms in South Africa. The Administration contends that economic sanctions have rarely proved effective and could not be expected to have a great influence on such an embedded practice as apartheid. Jimmy Carter's more...
...alphabet books. The shelves of every children's library sag with them. But Bert Kitchen's Animal Alphabet (Dial; $11.95) should displace a score of bygone manuals. Each member of his wild kingdom is involved with the letter that begins its name: the koala hugs the main stem of the K; two bats hang from the crossbars of the B; an ostrich peers out from the great hole of the O. This is no restatement of the obvious; an elephant may push an E, but what is that long-tailed bird perched atop the Q? What kind...
...officials will no doubt seize upon the Reagan "mandate" as license for the continuation or even expansion, of the opportunistic policy of collaboration with the South African government. If Reagan's reelection has thwarted hopes for any substantive redirection of U.S. South Africa policy, we surely cannot fail to stem this immoral tide of our foreign policy...
...accusations stem from loans granted to Butcher and the others by banks he controlled. They are charged with ille gally borrowing more than $7 million to finance an Alabama mining company in which Butcher owned a 75% interest. Butcher and his associate are also accused of using forgery and fictitious names to borrow $7.9 million for, among other things, a $400,000 yacht for Butcher. After his court appearance, the onetime Democratic candidate for Governor of Tennessee and organizer of the 1982 Knoxville World's Fair asserted, "I am innocent." If convicted, Butcher faces fines...