Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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McCarthy said that Walter Reuther and Phillip Murray were using the communist issue as a shield in their attempt to shackle any unions who were opposing Reuther's bid to succeed Murray. He also accused the right wingers "of making the CIO a tail to the Democratic party...
...bring them on their first visit to the U.S.-a place where ballet, while spreading to every nightclub and skating rink, had lost some of its popular appeal and much of its professional standing. The British Council, which would be called on to make up any losses, had bid them godspeed with the air of men watching $50,0000 or more go up in smoke. Cagey Ballet Importer Sol Hurok had cautiously limited the Sadler's Wells tour to four weeks in Manhattan and five on the road, and had set Manhattan ticket prices, except for opening night...
Last week, when the 15 bids were opened for the contract to renovate the White House, at a cost of $4,160,000 plus a fixed fee, McShain was the winner again. The highest bid was a fixed fee of $950,000; the lowest, $100,000, was McShain's. Said McShain: "I figured nobody would go as low as that, so I bid it. I may not make a nickel on it, but I've done so much work in Washington, I just thought I'd like to add the White House...
...leading bid for Academy Award honors-and the first job at the studio to be signed by Producer Dore Schary-stacks up well against such recent combat films as Task Force and Command Decision; nonetheless such a wartime documentary as San Pietro makes it seem like a put-up job. Rarely catching the quick fury of infantry fighting, the camera shots are mostly the comfortable, carefully composed setups that are possible in a studio production, but in actual warfare would mean a quick death for the cameraman. Neatest trick: in most of the snowstorm scenes the snow sticks to everything...
Radcliffe College received a bid last night for a field hockey encounter with Harvard students of the Mill Street Athletic Association...