As a fund-raiser, police officers will don aprons, take orders and bus tables today.

作为募捐方，警官们今天将穿上围裙，接受点菜，收拾餐桌。

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The three-race series will be a curtain-raiser to the Monaco Grand Prix in May.

这三场系列赛将为五月的摩纳哥大奖赛拉开序幕。

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He is a prolific fund-raiser, and has created a network of activists over the years that will enthusiastically promote his cause.

他是一个多产的募捐人，多年来已建立起一个积极分子网络，这些积极分子将热心地推动他的事业。

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The party Thursday was less of a fund-raiser and "more of a friend-raiser, " said Ms. York Dees, the older sister who also works as an event planner.

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Going to a Buddhist temple for a fund-raiser and not saying it is a fund-raiser is not my view of responsibility.

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As for the Junior Hurling, it was "a curtain-raiser because it was agreed there would be a curtain-raiser".

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