Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Costa Rica's current troubles stem from its greatest as sets: its history as a free society, the development of a strong middle class and the creation of a governmental system that was deliberately decentralized to minimize the danger from coups and tyrannical regimes so prevalent in The region. The unfortunate consequence is that much of the public sector is outside the budgetary control of the executive branch, and both the legislative assembly and the supreme court can make important economic decisions without the approval of the President...
...stem the tide of violent crimes, University officials this summer approved three major programs. First, Harvard Police will be beefed up by the addition of four foot patrolmen and possibly an expensive, new communications system. Second, eight high-intensity lights will be installed in the Radcliffe Yard, and new lighting systems are being designed for the Yard. Finally, the University is offering frank advice to students about crime for the first time. That advice is contained in the two new booklets distributed at registration...
Maybe Steinbrenner will realize that the Yankees' personnel problems stem from folks taking themselves too seriously. Everyone's worried about who respects whom and how much. In that case, Rodney Dangerfield might prove the perfect manager, since he don't get none anyway...
...signs, however, that the government plans to end its free-spending foreign aid program any time soon. That is much appreciated in Washington. The Reagan Administration, which has given a more military emphasis to the U.S. foreign aid program, is counting on Venezuela's charitable deeds to help stem the kind of political radicalism that produced Nicaragua's Sandinista government. Secretary of State Alexander Haig met in Nassau last month with the Venezuelan, Mexican and Canadian foreign ministers to map the outlines for a long-term development policy in the Caribbean area, and the officials will meet again...
...customer who brings in a Mediterranean fruit fly, dead or alive. The hot novelty item in San Francisco gift shops is a Medfly encased in a clear plastic apple. From Silicon Valley's computer whizzes comes a new video game called Medfly Mania: to stem a tide of electronic insects, the players must choose among competing insect-killing strategies while dealing with such all too real obstacles as bad weather, helicopter failures and the accidental release of fertile male flies...