Word: stem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...result of all this animosity? Becker says that men and women have lost the capacity for honest communication. His theory is that the differences between the sexes stem from the time when men were hunters and women were gatherers. Thus men tend to focus on the singular, while women tend to gather numerous things around them. For example, when women shop, they will often search for absolutely nothing in particular which "they will know as soon as they find it." Men, on the other hand, will focus on buying one item ("Me want shirt. Me get shirt. Go home, watch...
Much of the report's significance and conclusions stem from the way power and money flow at Harvard--a policy those in administration circles dub, "every tub on its own bottom." This approach gives each unit, school or organization within Harvard final financial responsibility for itself...
Henry Wechsler, director of college alcohol studies at the Harvard School of Public Health, testified at the city hearing that increased police intervention could help to stem underage drinking...
Well, yes and no. The trio's troubles stem more from their poor political judgment than from their centrist politics...
Princeton Review spokesperson Paul Cohen, in a previous interview, stated that "[this suit] is nothing more than a public relations ploy to stem sales of Princeton Review products...