Indeed, it's not just a question of finding new members, but trying to stem the exodus of existing ones.
We are hearing now, however, some suggestions that substantial financial aid should be given to Eritrea as part of efforts being made to stem the exodus of refugees.
Mr. Reppetto said the recommendation was meant to stem an exodus of patrol officers with five years of experience or more who had developed close relations with residents.
In its struggle to build its own world-class universities, and stem an exodus of students to universities abroad, China is relaxing its ideological guard.
In 1976, when New York was fighting to stem an exodus of high-paying jobs to the suburbs and beyond, the city created a program of property tax breaks aimed at retaining industrial companies and other employers.
The candidates call it a reminder that life holds little promise here, and that Puerto Rico must offer more in the way of career advancement, home ownership and even smooth commutes to stem the exodus of young families to New York, Hartford and Central Florida.
"People don't understand trade policies," said José Arroyo, who has been working with the United Steelworkers to stem the exodus of Democratic voters around Youngstown, an Ohio city surrounded by abandoned, crumbling factories.
But successful development of buildings like Federal No. 2 could help stem an exodus of industrial jobs in the city, which have fallen to about 100,000 in 2008, from a peak of 960,000 in 1959, according to the federal Labor Department.
Easing the path of foreign money into China could help offset a nascent exodus of investment money there and stem the recent weakness of China's currency, the renminbi.
The United States first sparked depression across the world when it started raising interest rates in 1928 to curb stock-market speculation, forcing other countries, whose currencies were fixed under the gold standard, to do the same to stem an exodus of reserves.
