Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis' political problems stem directly from his stiff-necked refusal to heed the advice of others. Campaign strategist John Sasso was the indispensable man because he possesses the unique ability to prompt Dukakis to listen. Dukakis also failed abysmally in translating his much vaunted administrative skills to the discipline of creating a national campaign; he insisted on micromanaging nearly everything from interviewing political aides to approving scripts of TV spots. The result: insularity and indecision. In addition, Dukakis has failed to inspire loyalty, a quality that Bush prizes, perhaps in the extreme. But at this dour moment in the campaign...
With the Federal Government straining under a $2.6 trillion debt, it is obviously unrealistic to expect that low-cost housing funds will be restored to pre-Reagan levels. But any serious program to stem homelessness is going to require money. The National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that it would cost $4 billion to build 280,000 additional units of housing over the next two years...
Over the decades, Harold Brodkey has become the darling of what might be called the Grecian Urn School of literary critics ("Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"). Brodkey's enormous reputation does not stem from his first book, a collection of nine short stories published back in 1957, but from a novel, Party of Animals, that he famously refuses to finish. To be sure, Brodkey's short fiction has occasionally appeared in magazines over the intervening decades. But it is his lonely struggle to produce a big book that has impressed some pretty influential folks. Yale professor...
...Federal Housing Administration was set up to help people buy homes. But in pursuing that popular mission, the agency seems to be rivaling the Internal Revenue Service in its ability to make enemies. The FHA's troubles stem from the depressed economic conditions in several parts of the U.S., especially in states like Texas and Colorado that have been hurt by the decline of energy prices. Last fiscal year alone, the FHA's parent agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, had to take possession of 64,800 homes because the owners defaulted on FHA-guaranteed mortgages...
...these programs stem at least in part from genuine concern about employee welfare, but they are good for the bottom line as well. In a report on family benefits, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asserts that responsiveness to workers' needs on the home front "can yield higher employee morale, productivity, recruitment and retention potential, as well as stem excessive absenteeism." From his experience, Union Bank's Shanker agrees: "My commitment has increased and I feel a new level of goodwill toward the bank because my employers have shown concern about my family. There is a direct connection between the existence...