"This is a highly personal effort, more so than any speech John has given," said one longtime friend.
"I don't know how many speeches I have given saying, 'No child worse off,' " he said.
"The Piggy Bank generates two-thirds of what we've given," said Susan Yubas, president of the Scarsdale Auxiliary.
"This was a speech Khamenei should have given," said Farideh Farhi, a political scientist at the University of Hawaii.
Many of those who have given said they gave only reluctantly, despite opposing the new world of unlimited giving, out of a belief that supporting Democrats was the best way to change the rules.
"It was the most popular course I've given," said Dr. Mance, who taught it in classrooms packed with teachers in the Alabama towns of Florence, Jasper and Hamilton.
Mark Howard, QC, for Mr Cherney, said on Tuesday: "All of the material which Mr Haydarov has given … says just as bad things about Mr Deripaska as it does about Mr Cherney.
Since the disclosure, Mr. Agca has given interviews saying he acted alone -- up to a point.
"No cause of death has been given," said Mallon.
"Everything we have, the theater has given us," she said.
"I can see why Mike has given it," Rodgers said.
