Much of it stems from what many have called social media for years now.

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Part of the confusion about sangomas and inyanga stems from the many quack healers operating throughout the country, who advertise cures for all manner of diseases, potions to increase penis size, ensure success in love or business or sometimes to ensure your enemy's downfall.

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Already behind on the math with so many broken stems I decided to browse the baby aisle bottle brush options at my local grocery store.

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Some suspect that its opposition stems from the fear that many expensive and profitable pills would be found to be of dubious value.

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He says their high placement stems from having been around for many years and from having relevant content that people click on.

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The low level of public confidence in the media has many causes, but one of them stems from what happened back in 2003.

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Picking up a pink bunch of roses, Hess shows me he'll be looking at leaves and stems for plant rust, mildew, whitefly and many more bugs.

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Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hamre said the biggest Year 2000 threat to the U.S. military stems from the lack of focus on the part of many allied countries where U.S. forces are based.

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The public's perception of Ms Tripp as the scandal's most sinister character stems from the fact that she has been suspiciously close to many breaking White House scandals.

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Many were showing signs of new light green leaves springing from the stems.

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