11.   When the economy tanks or when other tax rates are slashed, Uncle Sam can always rely on the dying rich to help fill federal coffers.

12.   Furthermore, the Federal District is the single biggest contributor to federal coffers, Martinez said, but the percentage of federal monies it receives annually has steadily declined.

13.   Putin claimed victory, saying both republics agreed to voluntarily end their defiance of the federal law and turn over more revenues to the federal coffers.

14.   Some have threatened to withhold taxes they owe federal coffers, and say they want the government to give them more power.

15.   The big cards on the table are proposals to increase taxes and improve collection, privatize inefficient state companies, and cut off wasteful banks from federal coffers.

16.   The Croats control customs, port and railway fees in their areas, the officials say, even though all these revenues should be going into federal coffers.

17.   The FBI has reportedly helped compile a stinging summary of corruption in Bosnia that accuses Muslim and Croat officials of siphoning millions of dollars from federal coffers.

18.   The second quarter is traditionally a period of big government debt payoffs because tax payments flood federal coffers.

19.   They also resented so much Slovene wealth flowing to the federal coffers in Belgrade, the Serbian and Yugoslav capital.

20.   With quarterly tax payments flowing into federal coffers in September, the surplus for the full year should easily double that amount and surpass the latest government projections.