"You can rely on me for a hefty contribution, Ian, and I'll try to spare the small talk," Austin said.

The campaign has included an advertising blitz and hefty contributions to members of Congress.

Donors offering hefty contributions were greeted with messages like: "Welcome to the White House.

A financing package that saved Colt's two years ago depended on a hefty contribution from state employee pension funds.

Her campaign also benefited from hefty in-kind contributions (phone banks, literature) by unions.

It took three months of savings - and a hefty contribution from his mother - to buy the $160 pair of shoes.

With hefty contributions to both Republicans and Democrats, the company helped form the nation's agricultural policies.

Swift is known to often provide hefty contributions as a multi-instrumentalist to the albums he produces.

The Boston widow left a hefty contribution in the poor box, enough to pay old Anson Nye's oil bill for the winter.

At the same time we know that ships make a hefty contribution to polluting the sea with rubbish, cargo residues and oily slime.