11.   Potluck contributions may have maple syrup in the cranberry sauce, mustard in the mashed potatoes, chiles in the gravy.

12.   Raytheon says political contributions had nothing to do with the way Commerce helped win business in Brazil.

13.   Robert Cone, who has previously declined interview requests from the Globe, told Mother Jones that the contributions had nothing to do with product liability.

14.   Several donors said their contributions had little to do with the candidates and much to do with personal ties to campaign solicitors.

15.   She said campaign contributions had nothing to do with the consultations.

16.   Skuse said the contributions had nothing to do with the vote.

17.   That may prove one of the most explosive aspects of the package, since the contribution would have to be approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.

18.   The contributions had an impact on the senators, according to Public Citizen, a watchdog group.

19.   Their collaboration owes as much to the gym as to the dance floor, and their contribution here has a playful element of competition.

20.   These contributions have no purpose except avoidance of the ceilings on donations to candidates enacted after the Watergate scandal.