41. RM12.5m siphoned from bank branch, NEW STRAITS TIMES-MANAGEMENT TIMES 42. Government funds were regularly siphoned off to the party. 43. Investigators say Fastow also siphoned income from the partnerships. 44. Those officials said donors did not know their contributions were allegedly siphoned off. 45. World War I siphoned off staff, and wartime inflation caused fiscal hardship. 46. Much of the money was siphoned off for other purposes, the report asserted. 47. But the networks aren't worried that their viewers are being siphoned away. 48. They've siphoned off billions and stashed them in foreign accounts ." 49. A U . S . victory would have diminished its importance and siphoned interest. 50. So funds will have to be siphoned from other areas of the Agriculture Department.