Word: funnelled
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...were laid during the Afghan war, during which the wealthy Saudi heir had been the prime organizer of volunteers for the 'jihad' against the Soviet invasion. That made him a key player in an effort backed by the CIA and the intelligence agencies of Egypt and Saudi Arabia to funnel aid, equipment, training and volunteers to the Afghan mujahedeen. Many of the "Arab Afghans," as the volunteers became known, had been radical Islamist dissidents in their home countries, and their pro-Western governments were only too happy to ship them off to fight the Russians. But the 'jihad' experience forged...
...Currently the only outfits affected by the plan are fancy hotels and compounds where foreigners live, but media executives assume that Beijing will try to funnel all satellite television through its company. Foreign TV types are already grumbling about the monopoly's proposed uplink charges. "The fees are prohibitive," says one foreign broadcast executive in China. "But if the market was going to grow in some exponential fashion through this, people would be willing to listen to anything." An executive from a rival company has similar thoughts. He declares that he won't change editorial content to please China...
...behind a dashboard, then drive through the customs checkpoint, hoping nobody suspects anything. In Calexico aliens float down a stream choked with toxic chemicals and sewage, betting the border patrol won't jump in to pull them out. In nearby Nogales smugglers tunnel 6 ft. under the border and funnel people through...
...Because corporations are willing to funnel large sums of money to professors for their help, Clark says he personally monitors all outside faculty activities of professors to ensure that they remain within the designated time limits...
...other gripe is that the new online links tend to funnel users to Microsoft services. Setting up a Microsoft Hotmail or MSN account to run in the slick Outlook software is a snap; doing it with non-Microsoft providers is a chore. Highlight an address in Word, and you can map it online--using Microsoft Expedia. Type a stock symbol, and you can get a live price--from Microsoft Money Central. You get the idea...