It is common for administrations to reward big donors with ambassadorships.

The reason Mr. Bush campaigned in California, he said, was to reward donors.

The program is designed to reward long-time and large donors to The Citadel athletics by giving them preference in selecting seat and parking locations.

A radical pre-budget report would catch Cameron on the back foot, his own tax plans leaving him damagingly vulnerable to charges of rewarding his friends and donors.

An official with knowledge of the interview today said that Mr. Gore had also been asked about more than 100 coffee sessions held at the White House to reward past donors.

They were organized by the Democratic Party to reward donors and introduce potential donors to President Clinton and his staff.

Indeed the entire tax-cut legislation looked like something designed to reward donors.

He rewarded donors with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom.

By 1995, they became a way to reward big donors and prospect for new ones, according to Democratic fund-raisers.

A Defense Department spokesman, Kenneth H. Bacon, denied that Mr. West rewarded big donors with burial plots at Arlington and other national cemeteries.