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...price of pork to rise, as it did earlier with other foodstuffs. Popular demand not only spurred local pig production but, with Guangdong merchants paying more than twice the state-controlled price of 2.80 yuan per kg (35 cents per lb.) for pork in Hunan, also began to siphon off the output of pig farms in the neighboring province. As a result, the supply of pork decreased dramatically in Hunan's state-subsidized markets...
Black church leaders and local officials who were cool to Jackson's candidacy last time are now heartily involved, no longer fearful that a black will siphon votes from a liberal Democrat. They are integrated into well- disciplined state organizations, with sophisticated canvassing and get-out- the-vote operations. Since black Democrats turn out to vote in much larger proportion than do their white counterparts during the primaries, their clout will be considerable...
Usually, the vessel has a secret siphon or straw in the handle (a remarkable feat of ceramic artisanship) with which the patron can imbibe...
...after last week's spectacle, a growing number of investors are likely to put their money elsewhere. Rising interest rates on bonds are starting to siphon some big-time investors' funds away from the stock market. Many individuals are taking their market profits and putting them in banks. Says Charles Allman, editor of the Growth Stock Outlook newsletter: "I'm neither a bear nor a bull. Right now I'm just chicken." Along with a lot of others...
Proponents of delay, Lederman charges, are more concerned about the tremendous cost of the SSC, which they think will siphon federal funds away from other branches of science: "They see the new superconductors as a weapon with which to slay...