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...Born in Safed, a town now part of Israel, he grew up in Damascus after his family fled when the Jewish state was founded in 1948. As a young member of Fatah, Arafat's faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.), he made his name as a fund raiser while avoiding involvement in the group's terrorist attacks. He was among the first Fatah leaders to build bridges to Israeli peace campaigners and in 1977 issued a declaration in favor of a two-state solution, a break from P.L.O. doctrine, which called for the eradication of the Jewish state. Abbas...
...then there's Hillary Clinton, who remains publicly focused on getting re-elected to the Senate in 2006. Many insiders take it as a given that she will be in the '08 lineup and will be the name-recognition champ to beat. Yet, says a top Democratic fund raiser in New York, "there's a real unease" about her ability to win a national race. Which is what these other wannabes are banking on. --By Viveca Novak
...It’s not just a fund raiser; it’s supposed to be an opportunity for students to grieve together and help each other move on,” said Rashmi Singh ’05, student organizer of HCTRE...
...donation effort, which ends tomorrow, has garnered between $1,000 and $1,500, according to South Asia Association (SAA) Co-President Prital S. Kadakia ’06. During this fund raiser, SAA placed red donation boxes in dining halls and some local restaurants. Proceeds will be donated to UNICEF...
STREISAND: Actually, yes, I was intimidated by one person. I sang at a fund raiser once with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Marlon Brando, and I did it basically to meet Brando, who was my idol from age 13. So I'm peeking from one side of the stage to try and get a glimpse of him when I feel someone kissing my back. I turn around, and it was Marlon. I said, "Oh, no! You're ruining my fantasy. This is so real...