51.   Standing on a makeshift platform in a crowded lobby, he joked that his company had spent a million dollars to sponsor the event.

52.   Such groups also sponsor special events.

53.   The all-day event was sponsored by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

54.   The annual event is sponsored by the local chapter of the National Football League Players Association.

55.   The banker, Peter Kiernan III, was with his fellow board members from a nonprofit charity that sponsors events for disabled and able-bodied athletes.

56.   The chairman of the orchid show, Carlos F. Fighetti, is a past president of the Greater New York Orchid Society, which sponsors the event.

57.   The city still plans to sponsor events at two other locations.

58.   The Dayton SCLC and the Coalition for Justice sponsored the event.

59.   The event is sponsored by the Books for Kids Foundation and Friends of Libraries, USA.

60.   The event is sponsored by the Library of Congress and AARP, previously the American Association of Retired People.