Word: siphon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this proved mighty worrisome to North Dakota Republicans who feared Scott might siphon off enough G.O.P. votes to give the race to Democrat Hove. Appealing to "alarmed Republicans," the party organization mounted a massive get-out-the-vote drive, brought in moderate Senator Milton Young, who labeled Scott a "far-right liberal...
...research. In Italy, until recently, private industry's R. & D. budgets were taxed as hidden profits; in Germany R. & D. spending is hampered by low depreciation allowances. Germans also complain that the havoc of World War II slowed them grievously, and that higher-paying U.S. corporations continue to siphon off German scientists. General Electric recruiters recently interviewed 170 scientists in Germany, signed up 40 of them...
...Perry, who with his wife is contemplating a film on American marriage, questioned its value. "Art must ultimately be a distillation. You have to choose what is significant, what symbolizes a state of affairs." He hoped that television would siphon off a segment of the audience, leaving a more demanding group to support the cinema...
Birrell then persuaded the board to permit the transfer of many of United Dye's assets to worthless insurance companies that he controlled. After he had managed to siphon off some $2,000,000 of the company's assets, Birrell sold his 38,500 United Dye shares. They went to another swindler. Alexander Guterma, who installed himself as chairman and Dardi as president...
...they do mean that the island is approaching what Howard Parsons calls "a position of self-sustaining economic growth." The Formosans are learning fast. Aware that the 1964 Olympics will be held in Tokyo, they have built three new hotels in Taipei, are building three more. Purpose: to siphon off a good number of money-laden tourists on their way to or from Tokyo...