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...sometimes creating unseemly appearances of his own. As with many other Senators, some of McCain's biggest corporate donors were invariably the companies that sought his favor - firms like FedEx, AT&T and Qwest Communications. At one point, he even allowed Fred Smith, a friend who ran FedEx, to sponsor a book party for McCain's memoir Worth the Fighting...
...made millions in the parking-lot industry, but as the unabashedly liberal three-term Senator from Ohio, Howard Metzenbaum rarely refrained from tweaking Big Business. A favorite of labor and consumer groups and the original sponsor of the Brady Bill limiting gun purchases, Metzenbaum regularly used his encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules to block special-interest legislation. Dubbed "Headline Howard" by colleagues irked by his outspokenness, Metzenbaum explained that to generate discussion, "sometimes you have to be an s.o.b...
...years ago, Gruosi-Scheufele recognized the need for more fine jewelry?and, frankly, more exceptional, camera-ready pieces?on the red carpet. She signed on as the official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival and started smothering celebrities like Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Hurley and Charlize Theron in Chopard's "real rocks." One thing led to another, and demand for statement pieces grew along with Chopard's high-jewelry collection. The Madison Avenue store keeps some of these special pieces on the floor. Additionally, Gruosi-Scheufele created a few more accessible pieces to coincide with the New York store's opening...
...those of its 48 producing partners worldwide. And, as LVMH and Prada do, it plays up its contemporary-art chops. Hugo Boss donates one of the world's richest contemporary-art prizes, the biennial Hugo Boss Prize, worth $100,000 this year. The company also is a major sponsor of the Berlin International Film Festival and, in sports, has a long-standing relationship with Formula One racing...
...gives a clear credibility and legitimacy to this propaganda of falsehood by having it on the walls of Hillel, even if they said they didn’t sponsor it,” Klein said. “Would we have an open discussion about whether the holocaust happened or whether slavery existed in America...