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...screen, a swirling storm cloud slowly twists itself into the characteristic funnel shape of a killer tornado. On another, molecules the size of baseballs jostle frantically for position, each seeking out a comfortable docking site on another's surface. On a third screen, a small child in bright white diapers rises on stubby legs and toddles across a room...
...document describes the then Vice President as assuring the government of Honduras that it would be well rewarded if it would continue to harbor contra camps on its territory and funnel military supplies to the rebels. Bush visited Tegucigalpa on March 16, 1985. According to the evidence, he told Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cordova that the U.S. would carry out a promise from Reagan to increase and expedite military and economic aid in return for this help...
...largest donors take advantage of an easy way to circumvent the limits on contributions. In addition to giving directly to campaigns, they funnel money to political parties at the national, state and local levels, or to other private organizations that are technically independent of the candidates. Such gifts are not covered by federal election laws and can thus be unlimited. This type of contribution, known as "soft money," is the fastest-growing area of campaign finance. In 1980 the two major parties took in only $15 million in soft money; this year the total will be more like $100 million...
...more practical terms, Bok noted that a school might be tempted to tenure--or funnel more lab space and research money to--a junior professor because he was working on a "matter of major commercial importance" that might prove lucrative...
Atlanta is transforming its downtown connector highway from a bottleneck to a breeze. The connector had become congested because of the growth of Atlanta's northern suburbs. Thousands of commuters migrate south each morning on two interstate highways, I-85 and I-75, which funnel into the connector three miles north of downtown. By the mid-1970s, the four-lane highway was jammed with more than 100,000 autos a day, twice its capacity. Atlanta responded in 1978 with a $1.4 billion plan for "freeing the freeways." Computer models showed traffic engineers where to expand the system and where...