Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...words into another's mouth has been practiced long and often between the world's capitals and U.N.'s council tables. But up to now, like Charlie himself, the McCarthys have taken all the bows. Last week, a U.N. version of Edgar Bergen made a brief bid for attention...
...bidder, Dallas Gasman J. W. Crotty, who had bid $127,500,000, saw more than WAA blundering in all this. Well aware of the lobbying by railroads, coal operators and John L. Lewis' own U.M.W. to prevent the lines from being used at all, Crotty charged that WAA had prevented conversion "for no cogent" but for some "sinister or political" reason...
...longer room for the delicate-and probably impossible-task of mediating between a sovereign government and armed rebels, U.S.-Chinese relations could return to normal diplomatic channels. In Ambassador Leighton Stuart, the Chinese people would keep a good, old friend; if & when George Marshall departed, they would bid farewell to a good...
Married, and the father of a 19-month-old girl, Charlie Trippi is almost as good at baseball as football. He has had offers from the Braves, Yankees, Phillies, Athletics and Red Sox, and a $17,500 pro football bid. Charlie hopes next year to play both games professionally (he prefers baseball) and earn $50,000 a year...
WALLY FLYNN, who was played by Dick Harlow "on a hunch" against Dartmouth two weeks ago, has turned in top-flight performances the last two games to make his bid for starting position against the Eli team. By far the best punter on the Crimson squad, he showed great defensive ability against Brown last week, more than once breaking through to throw Bruin backs for long losses...