Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Plucky Jim Ord will be backed by Ashton and Crowley in the 880, after Ellis makes the Blue bid for the crown...
Harvard's main bid for fame comes on the assumption that in a heptagonal meet, it is necessarily the most consistent luminaries upon whom victory depends. The Crimson has a novice Sophomore group of runners sparked by a number of capable veterans and several exceptionally talented youngsters. With seven teams battling, only the standouts will be in the running. It will be a battle of track glants...
...underwriting community wilted and reeled," reported the sympathetic New York Herald Tribune in telling how Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones last week offered to bid for public utility bond issues. "Investment bankers . . . saw the RFC as a potential competitor who could fix terms and rates, and put them entirely out of business...
...resold promptly at a profit. He asked Jones if he would similarly make a market in big utility deals, and last week Jones made public his promise to compete for any big issues which bankers seemed to be negotiating for on their own terms. Subsequently he will accept piecemeal bids from bankers or market the bonds direct to insurance and trust companies. In that event, probably more gilt-edged flotations would go to smaller institutions outside of New York than heretofore. In the rush of stock offerings sure to result from holding company dissolutions Jones may also help by lending...
...mile rum and tied up the meet at 36-all. It was the afternoon's thriller with the favored Bull taking the lead from Bob Jay on the second lap. Jay clung to his heels throughout the next six turns and on the final back stretch made his bid. They ran the stretch neck-and-neck but at the fast curve Bull's long, smooth stride wore down his opponent and Bull cut the string ten yards ahead...