Word: bidding
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...potentially-championship team has to stake its season on ruining Yale's bid for a title, not exactly the stakes it was hoping for earlier this year. However, the Crimson's recent offensive inefficiency and single defensive deficiency--its tendency to give up large chunks of passing yards late--have cost it three winnable Ivy games...
Despite blowing sole possession of the Ivy title, Brown (13-3, 6-1) earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by virtue of its head-to-head win over Princeton. The Tigers (11-6, 6-1) are hoping for an at-large bid to the NCAA field and will learn their fate today...
...very impatient, and I hate to lose," Kerr said. "I want to really compete for the Ivy League next season, for two reasons. One, it's our division, and you really get credibility if you win it. Two, it gives you an automatic bid into the NCAAs. That is going to be our goal each and every year, and I'm hoping that with what we're building here it won't take us too long...
...inquisition of presidential candidates isn't much better for anyone else. Liddy Dole had to suffer the embarrassment of not raising enough money to keep her unannounced bid at the presidency afloat. I'm not sure which is worse--that or the fact that her own husband didn't even support her. The media chastised Dan Quayle for his inability to spell the word "potato." But then again, we've all become a little "Spell Check"-dependent. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been criticized for his fiery temper. Gary "Family Values" Bauer has come under suspicion for spending time...
...this makes Harris a wholesome character. But in the end, he has broken no laws--and broken little new ground in the selling of eggs. He has merely upped the ante. He has, that is, if his venture is a success. The site has received only one legitimate bid so far, says Harris' spokesman, and in the negative publicity that followed the website launch, five of the eight models originally displayed on his site have dropped...