The Hell-Raiser A megachurch pastor's search for a more forgiving faith.
By Malcolm Gladwell By Rivka Galchen By Jelani Cobb By Ceridwen Dovey By David Remnick The Hell-Raiser A megachurch pastor's search for a more forgiving faith.
For these additional costs they hold fund-raisers; a candle party last month brought in about $600.
In 2000, the two executives were on Mr. Bush's elite list of fund-raisers, a group known as the Pioneers.
Among them are 84 coaches, 73 fund-raisers, a 42-member information-technology crew and a staff of 29 at its art museum.
Mr. Boehner — like Ms. Pelosi — is almost constantly cantering from airport to event to airport, often doing three fund-raisers a day.
He is a populist who holds lavish fund-raisers, a partisan who covets civility, an outdoors enthusiast who gives conservationists heartburn.
Much of "Curb," by contrast, unfolds in a faceless Los Angeles of air-conditioned mansions, organic restaurants, and schmoozy fund-raisers, a long chain of private spaces.
Another firm that understands the importance of fund-raising, and of involving clients, is PodestaMattoon, which holds about 25 fund-raisers a year for members of both parties.
To organize these fund-raisers, a number of companies like Sofer OnSite, based in Miami Beach, Fla., and Stam in Brooklyn, act like Torah wedding planners, helping with the business of fund-raising and organizing scribes.
PAGE A6 Copter Shot Down in Afghanistan A8 NATIONAL OBAMA CAMPAIGN EMBARKS On Spree of Fund-Raisers A packed primary campaign schedule had cut into Senator Barack Obama's time for fund-raisers.
