21. The piece has been in the works for about 15 months, with Moran squirreling away at his computer and digital sampler. 22. But, American citizens all, they still live like new immigrants, crowded together, squirreling away money for the future. 23. These bombs were not flop shots into the Crawford Boxes or fliers squirreling their way to the other side of the fence. 24. U . S . retail sales sputtered in December as consumers proved far more interested in squirreling away money than splurging on gifts. 25. For more than a decade now, our family has been squirreling away money into a college fund as aggressively as we could. 26. Maybe David Stern will give the Clippers that No . 1 pick he is squirreling away if they agree to move to the Pond. 27. U . S . retailers said sales sputtered in December as consumers proved far more interested in squirreling away money than splurging on gifts. 28. For decades, Italians have been the largest savers in Europe, squirreling away up to 20 percent of their incomes in government bonds. 29. The state has even been squirreling away money in a " rainy day fund " to cope with the next economic downturn. 30. As Thomas Jayne, an interior designer in Manhattan, points out, " The pantry opens up possibilities for the squirreling instinct ."