Word: siphon
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...given a look at the vast spiritual Starbucks where he is the most popular flavor of the moment, what would he make of it all? Very likely he would echo what Kabir Helminski, a practicing Sufi and another popular contemporary Rumi translator, has said about attempts to siphon off the insights of Rumi and other Sufi sages without addressing their Islamic context: "We cannot steal the fire. We must enter...
...economy flyers, the very people who are in a position to go elsewhere." Solon expects private charter services will continue to grab big chunks of the top-end commercial market, where margins are as comfortable as a first-class seat. Meanwhile, low-cost operators like easyJet and Ryanair will siphon off budget passengers. And that's a squeeze that could keep Europe's big airlines in a tailspin...
Charles K. Lee ’93 and David G. Sword ’93, both EWC executives during their senior year, took advantage of the organization’s shoddy record keeping system—Sword was said to keep receipts in a milk carton—to siphon away money...
...dominate a mature or at least maturing market. "It's nice to be the only game in town," says Clifton Payne, president of Green Mountain's Eastern region, "but it might be better for all if there were more games in town." Local companies that offer green options siphon off potential customers--including 30 other EP&L churches--but Green Mountain remains the most dedicated national player. The total output of U.S. renewables is 16,500 MW, about 2% of the total U.S. grid. "Until the demand for green energy increases, you're just rearranging the deck chairs...
...Kokomo Family Care, a clinic in Kokomo, Ind., many doctors no longer reach for a pen to write prescriptions or notes. Instead, they use a computer and software from McKesson HBOC, which have started to siphon away the sea of paperwork the small practice has been drowning in. Not only is there less chance of medication foulups or misplaced records, but the clinic has dropped nine employees whose sole job was taking care of paper--instead of patients...