But is it easier to solicit donations from clients?

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By exploiting their formidable connections to the artist and patron community, these women were able to help pay for extensive redecoration projects (including the U.S. Embassy's residence in London), fund much-needed restoration, and both purchase and solicit donations for embassies from preeminent artists to build what would become an enduring, important collection.

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It's also become more common for individual web sites to solicit donations for all sorts of big requests - from supporting the families of Sandy Hook victims to fixing one's mangled mouth.

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Harrison and other iPhone hackers in the iPhone Dev Team community don't intend to profit from their programs, though the iPhone Dev Team does solicit donations on its Web site to fund its research.

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And only from his rEsumE did I learn of the province-wide campaign he ran to solicit donations for poor students.

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