Word: dongen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...G.O.P. gala at the Embarcadero Park, the single most profitable fund raiser Republicans have ever had at a convention. (At that one the G.O.P. took in $6.5 million from assorted contributors, $2 million more than at 1992's largest checkbook jamboree.) One of the busiest hosts was Dirk Van Dongen, president of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors. On Wednesday he introduced Jack Kemp to 3,500 big donors at the outdoor gala, an honor he got for raising $2 million. After shaking Van Dongen's hand, the vice-presidential candidate turned to the audience and quipped...