"We're very upbeat and confident," hesays. "Radcliffe is very much a fourth quarterteam."
As an analogy, Armini notes that much of lastyear's record-breaking sum flowed in during thelast quarter of the year.
In fact, Armini says development officers arecurrently working with major givers, and severalseven-figure gifts are currently "in thepipeline."
Yet, alumnae still worry that fulfilling thecampaign goal will become harder the longer talksgo on.
"People don't know what they're giving to,"Plunkett says. "I would only conjecture that itwould make it more difficult to raise that kind ofmoney."
And some alumnae say the possibility of amerger with wealthy Harvard might convincepossible donors that Radcliffe no longer needstheir money.
"I've heard people say that now that werejoining up with Harvard... well, they've got a lotof money," says Betty Hosmer Mawardi '43, whoserves as the national co-chair of planned givingfor the campaign