Word: funnel
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...Much has been made of the enormous charity funds raised after the attacks. Donations to those groups do funnel thousands of dollars to the victims' families - in particular, the families of fire fighters and police officers. But overall, the nearly $2 billion in charity money is chump change compared with the cash that will flow out of government coffers. There is no limit to the federal fund, but the tab is likely to be triple the size of the charity pot. And while charity funds are doled out to a vast pool of people, including businesses hurt by the attacks...
...sugar are clogging Fort Detrick and the few other labs that can test for anthrax. An oozing Albuquerque package is found to contain homemade tamales. White powder that brings to a halt a Little Rock, Ark., rally for drug-free schools turns out to be powdered sugar from a funnel cake...
...course, donors would first need a stable country to funnel the money to. If there is only one thing going for Afghanistan now it is the rare circumstance that so many regional powers are united with the rest of the world in pursuit of the country's stability. "It has to work," says General Wali. "It is the chance the Afghan nation has to regain its place among free and democratic nations." Chance is an appropriate word, especially without any odds attached. On the other hand, a chance is more than Afghanistan has had for a very long time...
...biggest carriers, Eva Air and China Airlines, each estimate a 15% drop in revenue for September; similar results are likely for all the other airlines. Insurance providers, meanwhile, are demanding higher premiums and placing low limits on war and terrorism coverage. As a result, governments have had to funnel cash to their flag carriers to keep them in the air. Seoul is letting Korean Air and Asiana Airlines pass on a $1.25 per passenger war-risk premium and has given the two carriers $2.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in aid and tax cuts. Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific...
...found to funnel my rage and frustration is to advocate that another country doesn’t have to go through this, through the type of tragedy that America is preparing for someone else right now,” said Smith, a rally organizer. “There are other considerations besides revenge and retribution...