11. Of course the actual reasons rich people and the corporations they control give away money are not always so nice. 12. Sales sputtered in March because consumers proved more interested in squirreling away money and paying off existing debt than splurging on spring items, analysts said. 13. Socking away money for retirement in private accounts would be easier for most workers under a bill proposed Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Rob Portman of Cincinnati, Ohio. 14. So the researcher who rides his bicycle to work squirreled away money for salaries, labs and equipment. 15. Some of the potential beneficiaries are investors with higher incomes, big savers, and people who are socking away money for college or their first homes. 16. That in turn siphons away money that could otherwise be used for services. 17. That strips away money the hospitals do not have. 18. The new and expanded retirement-savings accounts created by Congress and the Clinton administration will no doubt provide an impetus for more people to salt away more money. 19. The system distorts savings patterns in France because it siphons away money that would otherwise go to commercial banks. 20. The teams squirrel away TV money that will be re-paid later. |