Word: siphon
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...making them compete for families' money, just as colleges must do. But Bush has stopped using the V word, saying he supports "opportunity scholarships." That euphemism, pollsters say, evokes fewer negative connotations among voters, who have been told by teachers' unions and other opponents of vouchers that they would siphon money away from public education...
Deep into their planning, D.N.C. officials were appalled to learn that Hillary's campaign was organizing a similar event (Cher, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross). When Gore strategists heard of the bash, they asked that it be kept small so as not to siphon dollars from the nominee. "They're in a total swivet," a Hillary operative told TIME. "Every dollar" that Hillary raises, "they resent...
...choice in his force's mix of relentless civility and unexpected accommodation. Timoney, for example, granted out-of-town demonstrators permission to camp out in Fairmount Park's Memorial Hall. And while police could've shut down today's march, they didn't. As the KWRU group began to siphon down the east side of Broad, 33 helmeted and mounted policemen lined up two by two off to one side, exhibiting the restraint that, so far, seems to be keeping this from becoming the next Seattle...
...chance of passage. Indeed, Bishop Charles Blake, of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, where Draper met with pastors, endorses the measure, which would be a boon to his 230-pupil Christian academy. But the Rev. Cecil Murray of the First African Methodist Church, fears "it would siphon off people of privilege [from public schools] and subsidize that siphoning." Families of the more than 600,000 California children already in private school would be eligible for an estimated $2.4 billion a year in vouchers. People like Draper, a graduate of Andover, the elite boarding school attended by George...
...Europe--and certainly than in Japan--for this year at least. Asian countries are recovering rapidly from their 1997-98 debacle; forecasts for expansion this year range from 3.4% in the Philippines to 6.8% in Malaysia. But Asian economies must reduce a huge overhang of debt before they can siphon away any investment now going...