Word: funds
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...equivalent to 25% of the revenues from the entire fishery. Many trawlers drag nets and other gear across the sea floor, destroying the habitat of all the animals that live on the bottom. International agreements restrict the size of fishing nets, but environmental groups like the World Wildlife Fund urge stronger action: enforcing a new agreement to stop bottom trawling for pollack, reducing the pressure on certain areas and putting critical habitats off limits...
Schneider said this year, the fund attracted widespread participation by enlisting more than 200 seniors in their efforts to personally solicit gifts from members of the class...
While senior gift fund literature emphasized the importance of any level of participation and had a minimum contribution level of just $10, it also recruited larger donors through a leadership gift committee. The committee solicited "leadership gifts" from wealthier students and offered perks, such as a New York City cocktail party, to those willing to give $250 or more...
Picardi said the directors of next year's fund are likely to set even loftier goals than this year...
...poor one likely a death blow. John McCain, meanwhile, skipped the event completely, calling it a "scam," and in the run-up to the vote it?s not hard to see why an avatar of campaign finance reform would find the event distasteful. The event itself is just a fund-raiser for the Iowa GOP, held a full six months before the state?s caucus. Candidates ply farmers with barbecue, musical acts, gold pins, luxury bus rides to the polls; they?ll even pay your $25 entrance fee if you vote for them. It?s the first indignation...