"It's the ultimate fund-raising picture," Mr. Schaefer added.
Beyond its power as a source of news and commentary, the Internet has proved itself to be the ultimate fund-raising tool.
The ability to schmooze, to bend perception, made Gee the ultimate fund-raiser, which afforded him the highest of presidential profiles, and a Time magazine profile two years ago lauded Gee as among the country's leading college presidents.
"Someone," he wrote in 2003, "referred to it recently as the ultimate fund-raiser wine — perfect for large groups of people who really don't care what they are drinking".
WALL STREET JOURNAL TPG Approaches a Fund-Raising Target | The private equity firm is "on its way" to a $1.5 billion close for its new Asian fund, with an ultimate fund-raising goal of at least $4 billion, The Financial Times reports, citing unidentified people who attended the annual investor meeting.
An institute committee will make the ultimate funding decision, based on budgets, the scores your application got from the study-section reviewers, and the institute's scientific priorities.
An institute committee will make the ultimate funding decision, based on the scores your application got from the study-section reviewers, on the institute's scientific priorities.
Your written critique should be scholarly and measured, but the goal of the written review is to bring others -- other committee members and those who will make the ultimate funding decisions -- around to your point of view.
The whole Obamacare debate may be a smokescreen to achieve this, taking the whole focus away from the ultimate funding levels for the government.
Even if you're just an amateur alpine sled racer looking to take your qualifying times to the next level and you've set aside a little over $1000 in your "Ultimate Sled Fund" (shipping adds $115 to the price of the sled) then it might be about time to put the wheels in motion.
