Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Department can serve well the cause of keeping America at peace by insisting on the rights of neutrals. That these rights, if not the very independence of the neutrals themselves, are irksome to England, is shown clearly by Mr. Churchill's speech of last Saturday. It was an open bid for the neutral powers of Europe to join the Allies, and more of the same can be expected in preparation for the big spring push. It is up to the State Department to rouse itself from lethargy, and prove that America can be first in defining neutral rights...
...would be difficult to conceive of a stronger case in its favor than the Harvard Ski Club has built up in its bid to gain real University support this winter. Backed up by a petition with 568 names, by a 53 page report, and by the recommendations of both the Student Council and the Undergraduate Athletic Council, the ski club can do no more than await the decision of the gods. If skiing does not get an official status as a minor sport, together with some money for the appointment of a first class coach, from the Committee...
...Stanley and Bonbright. The Commission conceded that it had previously sanctioned such spreads and fees in other deals. Moreover, the Commission made a point of asking Interveners Otis and Halsey Stuart, who tried to crash the syndicate gate (TIME, Dec. 11), if they would have offered Consumers a better bid. But investment banking's No. 1 "outsiders" refused to get down to brass tacks, simply repeated that they wanted competitive bidding. Decision O.K.'d the bankers' cut, Henderson and Eicher again dissenting...
...bid a burdened world deplore...