Mr. Aistrup estimated that as the nominee for governor, Ms. Sebelius was worth five percentage points to Ms. Boyda's vote total in 2006 — the difference between winning and losing — and said the congresswoman should count on no such assistance from above this time.
"This out-of-state financial assistance from a long-time Republican political player is further evidence that leaders of both political party persuasions understand the stakes involved," said Paul Armentano, deputy director for NORML, which supports marijuana reforms.
Some informants reported receiving financial assistance from other community members from time to time, while others reported widespread distrust among sex workers and fierce competition for clients that sometimes became violent.
He was the chief magistrate whose major prerogative (jus) was the ordering of all public affairs, for which he could demand assistance from anyone at any time.
La Salle believed that their only hope of survival lay in trekking overland to request assistance from New France, and some time that month he led a final expedition to try to reach the Illinois Country.
In case after case, people who received emergency assistance from The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund told how the aid gave them hope.
She went right back home to her apartment in a senior citizens' complex, and needed only part-time assistance from a home care aide.
Mr. Kenyatta said that he had received "numerous offers of assistance from friendly countries; for the time being, however, this remains an operation of the Kenyan security agencies".
