Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rival. Revealed in action (in the Philippines) for the first time was the four-engined B32, Consolidated Vultee's bid for V.L.R. (Very Long Range) recognition. Under wraps in the Pacific since May, the B-32 is a little smaller than the Superfortress but is a competitor in speed, range and bomb load. The new bomber is also simpler: on the off-chance that the B-29's pressurized cabin and elaborate fire-control system might not work, the Air Forces deliberately instructed the B-32 designers to omit extras, come up with a bomber stripped to absolute...
...planned extensive interior redecoration. Hearing that the fire-gutted Normandie's salvaged appurtenances were to be auctioned, he looked them over, decided that they were just the thing for his new church. Last week, with the backing of his parish, Monsignor Stephen turned up at the auction to bid against 100-odd hotel men, restaurateurs, other buyers. In addition to the bronze doors ($1,025), he acquired ten bronze plaques ($975), a bronze railing ($155), a cloisonné enamel bas-relief of a Norman knight ($380), and a bronze statue ($690) entitled "La Paix" (Peace). Slightly remodeled, "La Paix...
Kruger was a shrewd horse trader and a grasping man. But diamond-studded Kimberley and gold-booming Johannesburg (which lay in his own territory) horrified him. These mushroom cities swarmed with the world's adventurers, who swam in alcohol and commonly bid up to $100 (plus three cases of champagne) for one night with a prostitute. The invaders also overran the countryside, tapping the rocks with their greedy little prospector's ham mers and dazzling the Boer farmers with sovereigns...
Jewel. In Lexington, Ky., answering an ad which offered to sell a "Beautiful Man's Genuine Italian Heavy Cameo Ring," one eager woman wrote: "I don't care anything about the ring, but I'd like to bid on the beautiful...
...army for possession of Shanghai. They were heading straight into the purview of U.S. Far Eastern policy. Their plan was to move in as the Japs moved out, to make themselves indispensable to the U.S. armies, to win U.S. military recognition and thereby take a long step in their bid for power in China. Should such a situation arise, the U.S. would face a momentous political decision...