Accordingly, their donors are some of the largest political patrons.

There seems to be no price exacted in loss of public support at election time or from political patrons.

Some argue that the scheme survived because it had the benefit of political patrons in Moscow.

The timber interests and their political patrons have reacted in fury.

Even so, his advisers are divided over how much he should try to separate himself from his political patron.

He became largely reliant on Hitler as political patron and even for financial help.

Since the board members do not expect to be reappointed, they have little to lose by going against the wishes of their political patrons.

That political patrons have saved many of these programs is beyond doubt.

The senator has long been the center's political patron.

Ge, who had traveled ahead of his new employer, was left in the south with neither job nor political patron.