To bag a place at the marathon, a potential runner often has to pledge to raise sums in excess of £2,000.
Fifth Third Bancorp, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial Services, Regions Financial and SunTrust Banks need to raise sums under $2.5 billion.
And that is surely not calculated to raise the sum total of American happiness.
That was the eyebrow-raising sum claimed by the Dutch-born Huggers for a "minicab" on 12 June last year, a day after he'd spent £538.45 on another cab, also charged to the corporation.
It was raising huge sums and hurt no-one.
The permits would be auctioned, raising vast sums of money.
It would also be easily evaded and incapable of raising adequate sums unless set prohibitively high.
They are welcoming women and children and raising substantial sums for local good causes.
She stumped up £50m herself and is raising similar sums from other donors around the world.
Many mid-ranked schools are also raising enormous sums to upgrade their campuses.
Some Democrats, like the Council speaker, Gifford Miller, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, have been raising significant sums of their own money.
