1.   At the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, each held splashy parties for lobbyists to raise money for party coffers.

2.   For years, Turkish governments have ordered state banks to provide cheap loans to special interests and businesses, which in turn contributed to party coffers.

3.   Many of these communities now enjoy relatively honest government and far-reaching social programs, which are funded from party coffers when public funds do not suffice.

4.   Soft money refers to the large contributions to national party coffers by wealthy individuals, corporations and unions.

5.   The British government said that Enron had bought tickets to Labor dinners and sponsored one Labor event, but that the company had not donated money to party coffers.

6.   The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee released a previously undisclosed list of contributions to Democratic state party coffers that it obtained from the Democratic National Committee.

7.   They rely on a huge tub of money that flows into their party coffers to drown out objections.

8.   This city cheerfully poured millions into the party coffers.

9.   Opposition leaders have charged that money actually was intended for party coffers.

10.   In the past two years, four Socialist ministers quit amid charges the Italian aircraft maker Agusta fattened the party coffers in return for a government defense contract.