Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bombers laying down a tactical preparation (causing some U.S. casualties), and he had not only regiments but divisions attacking in column. Bradley also designed the Argentan-Falaise pincers, and the scythelike sweeps to the Seine which ruined the German Seventh Army. His rush to the German border was a bid to knock out German resistance once & for all, before his supply lines snapped. He was philosophical about not winning that one: nobody can win them...
...major decrees splashed into print a year ago. Violently opposed to all forms of gambling, the silver-haired Judge banned W. D. Cox, owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, from baseball for life because Cox bet on his own team. Two years before, Judge Landis blackballed Bing Crosby's bid for the Boston Braves because Bing owned a racing stable. In 1940, he waved his wand and made free agents of 92 players who had signed Detroit Tigers contracts (because Detroit used its farm clubs to "cover up" players). He always championed the little...
First Step. Some three weeks ago, the French Government made its first cautious attempt to curb this inflation by sopping up some of the currency, much of it in the hands of war profiteers and black marketeers. The Government floated a bond issue, bid for this cash by a "gentleman's agreement" not to ask where a buyer's money came from. Last week, the Government hailed the bond issue as a "success," and DeGaulle pleaded that it be turned into a "triumph," after 150 billion francs' worth had been subscribed...
Actually, many of the corporations which have filed know that their chances of collecting are slim. A large number have put in a bid only to get in under the statute of limitations, while they mull over whether to push their case. Others have filed merely for the record, i.e., to protect themselves against suits of stockholders who might otherwise feel the corporation was lax. Some tax experts guess that, at most, corporations may prove their claims to $3 billions. This is well worth the try, although the net gain will be far less. In many cases, corporations will have...
Headstrong. In Manhattan, at a U.S. Customs Service auction, an unidentified man bid 25? for a toupee, won it, insisted it was for a friend, walked out of the room without removing...