Ms. Lowey said the appointments reflected the progress women had made in both fund-raising and campaign contributions, practices long dominated by men.
Since then, for all his ubiquity on the Sunday political shows and his well-received debate performances, he has trailed three formidable opponents in both fund-raising and attention: Mr. Obama, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.
In what was, until yesterday, a field of six Democratic candidates, the Westchester lawmaker lagged far behind the two best-known names in the race, Andrew M. Cuomo, the former federal housing secretary, and Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate, in both fund-raising and early polls.
But Mr. Gephardt has been eclipsed by Dr. Dean in both fund-raising and recent polls in important states; his supporters recently sought to reassure his base in the House with a memo outlining "Why Dick Gephardt will be the Democratic nominee".
In both funds, Alliance's fees decline gradually as total assets rise above certain levels.
However, he praised the influential role the Guardian has played in both funding and monitoring the project.
Despite a last-ditch effort by Bear Stearns to bail the funds out by offering a $3.2 billion loan, clients in both funds lost 100percentt of their investments.
"We must increase the overall capacity of the system - in both funding and provision - by both enlarging the NHS and encouraging growth of the independent sector".
For example, Microsoft (a big holding in both funds) was trading at $54.80 at the start of the year and was $63.14 this week – a rise of 15%.
Based solely on the Google deal, Angel-1 should "make each of us several times our original investment," an investor in both funds said.
