31.   He persuaded a few other successful bankers to sponsor the event, and start raising some money.

32.   Here in San Diego, though, Coke is everywhere, sponsoring events and contributing cash to make sure delegates and politicians can party.

33.   Her group is sponsoring the event at a Washington hotel.

34.   IKEA, which sponsored the event, is throwing the couples a free reception and giving them quilts.

35.   In addition, the event was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Leadership Council, a fundraising arm of the DNC.

36.   In recent years they sponsored similar events around Thanksgiving and Memorial Day, two of the busiest driving holidays of the year.

37.   It did not include spending by Arizona residents and businesses that sponsored various events.

38.   It is not unusual for nonprofit groups to help politicians by, for example, sponsoring events to showcase them to their members.

39.   It was also disclosed in the settlement talks that Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco and other large cigarette purveyors to stop sponsoring sporting events.

40.   Last April, Pinsky sponsored poetry events in five cities, including Boston.