Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most important aspect of the afternoon seemed to stem more from the attitude of the participants than their attributes as hockey players...
...seller, but quality defects have chilled sales and caused customers to return up to 30% of the computers. And while Coleco's Cabbage Patch Kids remain a huge hit, some analysts now believe that the firm will have to discontinue Adam in order to stem its losses...
Hart is clearly the strongest candidate on defense issues. He is largely non-interventionist, but his desire to avoid military involvement does not stem from McGovern-like isolationist sentiment ("America come home"). In the Senate, Hart has been on the front line of legislators fighting for the production of less expensive, less sophisticated out more mobile weaponry. While advocating a defense increase of about four percent--the same as Mondale--Hart has argued his case in terms of what the money is spent on. Hart led a 1983 filibuster against the MX missile, opposed the B1 bomber...
Last summer, in an effort to stem alcohol abuse, the administration spoke to local drinking establishments. As Peter I. Minowitz, a graduate student in government and Senior Proctor during the Summer Session said, "Proctors were strongly encouraged to take discipline seriously We were told to watch out for illegal drinking...
...sting was part of Operation Exodus, an effort led by the Customs Service to stem the illicit export of defense-related technology. In this case, an undercover agent had posed as a defense-equipment broker and rented a New Jersey office as a front. The defendants, meeting with the agent in his office and unaware that hidden cameras were taping the session, offered to buy 100 transverse-wave-tube amplifiers, which are used in missile guidance systems, for $12,500 each. In addition, the suspects gave the agent a $1 billion shopping list of computers and other advanced electronic equipment...