Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was that. U.S. voters could choose one of two pictures: that the President, a genuine "internationalist," was merely making a bid for some America First votes; or that he had all along been laughing up his sleeve at "internationalism." The Great Blueprint was just the working draft. There were almost certain to be more changes and shifts. In a crucial election year, Franklin Roosevelt was shrewdly working both sides of the street...
Caesar landed where Deal now drowses and William the Conqueror made good his bid at Hastings. just beyond the Sussex line. Much later the furtive wink of smugglers' lamps enlivened coastal life, put money in the pockets of those who cared to lend a hand to circumvent the King...
Recently General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the A.A.F., made a strong bid before attentive Congressmen for Jacqueline Cochran's WASPs, contending that all men pilots would eventually be needed elsewhere (TIME, April 3). This was a startling statement to some 11,000 experienced male pilots of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, many of whom have long been serving as instructors in Army and Navy training programs. With those programs tapering off, at least 5,000 of them will soon be out of jobs. Many are over age for combat flying, and some have minor physical defects which would...
Sterling will bid only for trademarks of products which it makes. And up to now, German trademarks in most South American countries have not been for sale because of legal technicalities, etc. But there is hope that Sterling's start will encourage similar action by other U.S. firms and Latin American Governments...
...bid a last and sad farewell...