They took donations, offline, from acquaintances and friends.
Though Ram (Ismail Bashey) finds a job, he can't stop borrowing money from acquaintances.
But here's what I gather from acquaintances and sources in and around the McCain campaign.
I've been hearing from acquaintances that the extended version is the one that has caught on.
He now gets about a dozen e-mails a day from acquaintances in Spain inquiring about work in Dubai.
Smulyan, the broadcasting executive, began getting calls from acquaintances all over the country, asking what was wrong with Indiana.
"We all enjoyed the company we had, and we grew from acquaintances to close friends in less than a week," he said.
He set an opening budget of just $100,000, about half from his own pocket and half from acquaintances making minor investments, and forced himself to be resourceful.
Though she promises that "recent studies" support her claim, the only evidence she cites is readers' posts from Web sites and testimonials from acquaintances.
"He and his friends used to go around, cadge money from acquaintances, do odd jobs, live from hand to mouth," Mr. Abelson said of his brother.
When his then band the Yardbirds split, with a swathe of tour dates yet to play, Page assembled an outfit from acquaintances of acquaintances.
