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...spokesman for Renewal, a society devoted to returning Germans to the Volga, authorities in the Saratov area along the Volga River have publicly denounced would-be German returnees as "fascists." Says Grout: "There is no soap, milk, sausage or order here, and this ((name-calling)) is a channel to siphon off resentment...
...prices of such securities plunging to 50% or less of their face value since last fall. Stuck with more than $1 billion in devaluing junk, Drexel's credit rating began sliding, and its banks cut off credit two weeks ago. The parent company, starved for cash, began to siphon money from the investment firm's coffers until Government regulators halted that maneuver. After a frantic search for a bank bailout or a merger partner, directors of Drexel Burnham Lambert Group agreed to put the company into bankruptcy proceedings...
...Finn makes money from the crabs. He runs a small company that converts the crabs' blood into the limulus amoebocyte-lysate test used to detect contamination in drugs and other medical products. Each year Finn pays college students to collect crabs and siphon their rich blue blood, which possesses remarkable clotting properties. After donating their blood, the crabs, no worse for the wear, are tagged and tossed back into...
...year. That will be hard in an era of budget deficits. But there is support for a Mars mission in both the House and the Senate. If the President comes out strongly for the mission, Congress should be able to find a way to fund it. One option: to siphon the money from Star Wars and other questionable defense programs...
Legal gambling begets more of the same in states that fear they will lose money if they do not devise new ways of wagering. Illinois, for example, operates a giant lottery that is believed to siphon much money out of neighboring states. But, fearful that some cash might eventually flow back to Iowa, Illinois House Democrats have recommended starting roulette, blackjack and dice games on twelve paddleboats cruising six rivers that flow through or past the state...