A $7,700 maximum contribution limit still prohibits the average New Yorker from becoming the most important donor to a local race.

They have been important donors to the National Gallery, and in 1987 signed an agreement outlining the future donation of their collection.

So that's a challenge to us: we don't want to neglect those important donors who don't have the Internet.

Thus, although he remains the least known of the Republican front-runners, he has already locked up some of the most important donors.

France was Chad's most important foreign donor and patron for the first three decades following independence in 1960.

Versace was an important donor to the Metropolitan.

The Clinton Administration is trying to put together a $590 million start-up fund, but has yet to obtain solid commitments from other important donors.

"Sure, we hear this from very important potential donors," said Mr. Einbender.

The European Union, as an important donor, must monitor the way in which this assistance is used.

I have an appointment with an important donor in fifteen minutes.