It took circus people, metalworkers, pirates and one very cold mermaid to raise a bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on Sunday.
The one we visited, at the MarketFair mall in Princeton, N.J., was cold enough to raise goose flesh, dark enough to make us feel as if we were spelunking and noisy enough to bring to mind academic studies on cacophony as torture.
Ludwig believes that scientists should be in the field working, not making cold calls to raise money, a chore he willingly shoulders.
In April, daredevils took the "cold water challenge" to raise funds for Sheaves for Christ, a fundraiser under the United Pentecostal Church International, according to Bustle.
Their opposition stopped cold Mr. Obama's proposal to raise $300 billion over a decade by limiting deductions to 28 percent for high-income individuals in the 33 percent and 35 percent brackets.
In Isparta, once home to an important Muslim spiritual leader and still noted for roses widely used in lotions and perfumes, local residents are more likely to drink a sweet beverage made from rose syrup, served ice cold, than they are to raise a glass of raki, Turkey's famous anise-flavored liquor.
The panels will pay for themselves eventually, but that's cold comfort to anyone looking to raise the initial investment.
And I know: For that waitress carrying trays, or a construction worker in the winter cold, I will never agree to raise the retirement age to 70 or threaten the promise of Social Security.
In his speech the drop from populist rhetoric to modest policy kept producing an almost audible thud: "For that waitress carrying trays, or a construction worker in the winter cold, I will never agree to raise the retirement age to 70".
The current meme of dumping really cold water on your head to raise awareness for ALS is spreading quickly.
