The most troublesome proposals stem from a potentially overbroad effort to regulate the content of advertising, thus infringing the rights of the industry to promote a lawful product.

These proposals stem from the fact that the granite burial vault is much too small to have facilitated an actual burial.

Mr. Santulli's latest proposal stems from a chance meeting at the mall.

Recent proposals to change the budget process largely stem from the failure of policy makers to reach budget deficit targets in recent years.

This proposal stems from a controversy in Chicago, where the Commonwealth Edison Company wants to insure that it cannot be acquired by the city.

Administration officials said the proposals stemmed from Mr. Clinton's desire to improve the financial security of workers, especially members of the baby-boom generation, as they head toward retirement.

The proposal stems from the finding in December of the first case of mad cow disease in the nation, in Mabton, Wash.

Meetings Held The proposal stems from meetings between legislators and law-enforcement officials, municipal leaders and community groups.

The first proposals for an airport in Lakselv stemmed from military considerations.

In some ways, both the proposal and the passions behind it stem from the island's history.