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...hunting reserves and wildlife refuges. Their ballot contains a proposal to levy an additional sales tax of one-eighth of 1% and put aside the revenues, which are expected to exceed $20 million a year, for conservation. Opposition to any tax increase and fears that the earmarked funds may siphon off for conservation projects money that is needed elsewhere have aroused unexpected controversy about the proposal. "It may be too close to call," says Robert Van Ark of the Missouri Public Expenditures Survey. "At first I thought it was a shoo-in-it's like motherhood, being...
...found on earth. Martian organisms are likely to be microscopic in size. They would also have to be capable of extracting life-giving moisture from the planet's arid soil and atmosphere. Soffen believes they might do this by means of some sort of biological pump or natural siphon. "Martian critters have had billions of years to adapt," he explains. Somewhere in the process of evolution they must have had to face-and overcome-the need for water. "So what they developed is something called a water pump," theorizes Soffen. "They found a way to pump water...
...capture the bulk of the 280 delegates under the state party's proportional and balkanized selection rules. Lingering feelings that the freshman Governor needs more experience and that he has neglected the Sacramento store could prove to be minor difficulties. Frank Church, and even Scoop Jackson, may siphon off a few delegates...
Last week President Ford sent Congress a message that seemed to ask for legislation to correct the situation. He focused on the federal gasoline tax, proposing to siphon 30 of the 40 per gal. away from the highway fund. Two of those pennies would become part of the Government's general revenues and could theoretically be used to aid mass transit, or indeed to bankroll any federal program. The remaining cent would go to the states, which in theory could also use the money for any purpose...
...liberal Tory who is shadow Secretary of Employment; John Peyton, 56, a traditional, partisan Tory who is shadow leader of the House; and Sir Geoffrey Howe, 50, a liberal opposition spokesman on social affairs. Of these three, only Prior is considered a serious contender, but all of them could siphon off support from Mrs. Thatcher...