But the new crisis stems from two specific, related events in the early 1990's.

The crisis, he said, stems from the conflicting roles of government.

"The party's crisis stems from its loss of internal democracy," he said.

The financial crisis stems from the fact that many of the 20-year contracts with the landlords are coming to an end.

The current crisis stems from concern about 10 cases of human disease whose pathology seems distinctive.

Sometimes, an existential crisis stems from a person's new perception of life and existence.

The coup was conducted at the height of the political crisis stemming from the 1977 general election.

The second crisis - the squeeze on the big distributors - also stems from poor decision-making.

The fiscal crisis in Albany clearly stems from too much spending rather than too little revenue.

Kendall Square's current crisis stems from shipping systems to researchers at colleges who had been promised grant money to pay for the computers.