21.   The less well-heeled charities have a hard time giving donors the fame and fun that can come with a big donation to a theater, a museumor a library.

22.   The New York financier has left his mark on the leather cushions of numerous corporate boardrooms and, with big donations, on alma mater Yale.

23.   The system is designed to reduce or end the practice of giving big private donations to candidates.

24.   Those totals, raised online or in big donations from corporations and foundations, are expected to soar this week, as the first mailed donations pour in.

25.   While those amounts would not be considered big donations from single corporations in national campaigns, at the state level, they are extraordinary.

26.   Yet even now the Republicans themselves hold meetings and receptions in return for big donations, often from businesses with an interest in weakening regulations or tax laws.

27.   Big cost hikes were not necessary in recent flush years, enriching schools that invested smartly and raised big donations.

28.   Big financial donations to celebrity monks have become status symbols.

29.   Rio food brokers made a big donation, as did two supermarket chains, gas stations and the Federal Savings Bank.

30.   The foundation is also looking for a board of directors with a strong business sense who can coax big donations from companies, McIntosh said.