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...alleged pardon swindle. Insiders say that White has all but finished with most witnesses in the controversial clemency granted to four New York Hasidic Jewish leaders. And, in a possibly major development, one lawyer close to the investigation says that White has struck an immunity deal with Democratic donor Denise Rich, whose international financier ex-husband Marc was pardoned by Clinton despite objections from White House lawyers...
...Democratic donor Denise Rich, who was persuaded to go to bat for her former husband in spite of a bitter divorce, had been bargaining with prosecutors for weeks in an attempt to work out an immunity deal. Any deal she cuts means nothing she tells them, and nothing derived from leads she gives them, can be used against her. Investigators are looking at whether Clinton pardoned Marc Rich in exchange for large contributions from Denise Rich to Clinton's presidential library, the Democratic party or other political campaigns, and whether Marc Rich was the actual source of the money...
...most effective method [for getting donor interest] is their direct testimony of what they've done, not only how the service affects the recipient, but them as students and how much it meant to their Harvard experience," says Francis H. Duehay `55, former mayor of Cambridge and Centennial Campaign co-chair...
After piquing donor interest, Lee and Duehay will coordinate the next step- personal solicitations, or the nitty-gritty work of actually asking for money...
...English department. "But it just didn't strike any of us as the right time," he says. So no chairs for his alma mater, although Desai may have taught college fund raisers a thing or two about irrational exuberance. "Next time the university is approached by an unknown donor," says Washington's Arkans, "this will make us a little more cautious...