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Perks for the press appeared even before the convention began, in a blow-out party Saturday night for 5,000 on a peninsula jutting into San Diego Bay. This gala lasted from 6 until well after 11 p.m. The food never ran out, and the drinks flowed freely...
...Bureau Chief Jordan Bonfante: "Sounds like Wilson is thinking about running next time." Whether or not that is true, many GOP leaders seem focused now on doing the right thing for Bob Dole while covering their bases with the all-important contributors who are opening their wallets (the GOP gala late last night alone raised $10 million). Addressing a private gathering of big GOP contributors, former President Gerald Ford reminds them that while winning the White House is important, retaining control of the House of Representatives is absolutely imperative. The message behind the hoopla...
...outdone, the Democrats' fund-raising gala last month was a two-day affair that raised $12.3 million, the biggest haul in Democratic Party history. It started with intimate dinners with top Clinton appointees at the homes of such luminaries as Ethel Kennedy and Vice President Al Gore. Those who gave $5,000 or more received a briefing by Clinton Cabinet officers, while the largest moneybags (those in the $250,000 category) got the best seats at the black-tie dinner on the second night...
...student organizers of Eliot House's charity gala, An Evening With Champions, embezzled money from its funds...
...Hart) prances in. The Chanel-clad wife of the aforementioned bigot and Senator Pete Bemiss (Jeremy Geidt) has a "teeny" favor to ask of the, at this point, naked artist. The favor, of course, is that he self-censor a few of his more raw shots for the upcoming gala opening sponsored by the Bemisses...