Word: siphon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mondale may be trouncing his Democratic opponents, but he trails President Reagan 51% to 41% among all voters. Reagan manages to siphon off 26% of Democratic voters, and independent voters favor him over Mondale...
Levin does not add substantially to the public record about DeLorean's arrest for cocaine dealing, but the author makes a strong case for DeLorean's systematic looting of his infant firm. Levin charges that he used a shell corporation in Geneva called GPD Services to siphon off $17.65 million. No trace of the money has turned up, but the suspicion is that DeLorean walked away with at least some...
...need for steep increases at the smaller, less well-known private schools worries their administrators. While there will always be a Harvard, no matter how high the stakes, many private-school officials realize that higher tuition could allow state institutions to siphon some students away. Pat Smith, director of legislative analysis at the American Council on Education, notes that the small private schools "could price themselves out of the market." The rise in fees, however, puts these schools in a catch-22 situation: the more tuitions go up, the more they have to boost scholarship funds, or deny admission...
...Classics were at one time varsity or J.V. hoopsters, said senior Joe Lauer, the squad's captain, but joined the Classics after being cut or because of demanding academic schedules. The Classics don't siphon talent away from the official Crimson squads. "We don't really represent a threat to the other teams because we have our tryouts long after they have theirs, "he added. Team members said that playing at the club level involves much less pressure and allows them to get more satisfaction from the sport. Their contests are much more low key than varsity matchups, allowing...
...legislature, polls indicate that opinion is evenly divided on this issue. Supporters, including many Catholic groups, note that the amendment would simply bring Massachusetts law in line with federal constitutional provisions. Opponents, however, argue that, in the state's current dire fiscal condition, aid to private school students would siphon sorely needed funds from the public school system...