Mr. Clinton's fund-raising letter was mailed to potential donors late last week.

Mr. Fleming, who sits on the foundation's board, said no one at the college or foundation had known of those fund-raising letters.

A fund-raising letter from the group underscored the point.

The Guggenheim was invaluable, and their fund-raising letter made me think.

Mr. Bush, however, will not be part of the effort, except perhaps to send out a fund-raising letter.

The mayor dismissed the fund-raising letter as old news, a peculiar stance from someone who's so keen on not forgetting.

During the cold war, he said, fund-raising letters used scare tactics about nuclear war to win drum up support.

The campaign disclosed that it had sent out two million more fund-raising letters.

Mr. Lazio has said he had not reviewed the fund-raising letter before it was sent.

But he conceded that some might take his fund-raising letter the wrong way.