Word: bidding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fifteen months ago India's Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, made a desperate bid for Indian cooperation in the Empire war effort by setting up a kind of Cabinet, an Executive Council, eight of whose 13 members were "distinguished and representative Indians." Neither the Congress nor the Moslem League were consulted in the move, and both have since freely charged that all key jobs in the Council went to Britons, that the Indians picked were tried-&-true yes-men for the British...
...recent history--20 in all, of which the Crimson intercepted six, as against the Army's five completions--the Harvard line spelled disaster for Hank Mazur and Company. From the second period on, Peabody, Gardiner, Pfister et al rushed the Cadet passers dizzy, and even twinkletoes Miller had his bid for fame, when he snared the wobbly heave of a harassed Army back and capered towards the Cadets' goal for three yards before falling into an Army tank trap...
...strongest bid for regaining power since the "Little Flower" first became mayor, Tammany has put up as his opponent Brooklyn's District Attorney, William O'Dwyer. Though he has denied official tutelage by the redoubtable Tiger, there can be no doubt that Tammany looks upon him as its candidate. All the ward-heeling machinery which has been growing rusty since La Guardia made up his mind to do away with that kind of a machine age has sprung once more into action. Every Bronz big-shot and Brooklyn saloon keeper who has a finger in the Tammany pie is licking...
...first experience was with U.S. Army Ordnance, to whom he thrice submitted bids on guns (75s and 105s), was thrice low man, was thrice turned down. The Army was suspicious of newcomers. When a Cohen emissary finally sought a showdown with a noted Army brass hat, he was told that Empire's last bid was $3,000 too high. Cohen produced the bid: it was $2,970 per gun. Flustered, the Army not only apologized ("typographical error"), but sent him across the street to the British, with an introduction...
Some substitute post-war markets it already plans to invade: >An aluminum design was submitted for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Alcoa is glad that was not accepted, but plans to bid on many another bridge job after...