Word: stems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this legal battle stem from mothers' fears that their children would choose a homosexual lifestyle after seeing ILGO's parade on St. Patrick's Day? The Hibernians' action underlines an ignorance extant in this country, the result of Americans preferring to shut their eyes to reality...
Even a visit to their mother in Las Vegas cannot stem the girls' growing resentment and pain at their mother's absence. To add to the turmoil, Erica and Opal discover their mother's burgeoning relationship with "the Moss," the term they use to derisively refer to their mother's agent...
...half a century, doctors have been treating cystic fibrosis symptom by symptom, doing their best to stem the rising tide of mucus triggered by the disease. As this abnormally thick fluid builds up in the lungs, pancreas, liver and other organs, it not only serves as fertile ground for damaging infections but also blocks the passage of vital digestive enzymes to the intestine and stops up sperm in the testes. As a result, patients have difficulty breathing, digesting food and even reproducing. "This is a disease that simply wears you down," says Ramsey...
Ailes claims to be out of presidential politics and, in any case, political handlers don't treat sitting Presidents the way they do mere aspirants. By all counts, Bush's goofy moments stem from his own unchecked impulses...
...effort to stem the alarming rise in AIDS cases among drug users, Zurich, along with a few other cities in Switzerland, began an experiment three years ago in drug tolerance. Addicts were permitted to sell, buy or use drugs in the city's downtown park, the Platzspitz. Needle Park, as it quickly became known, attracted up to 4,000 drug users a day. Health officials freely distributed clean needles along with counsel on social and medical services...