Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is your money, Harvard students: the Undergraduate Council will vote this Sunday on a recommendation from its Campus Life Committee to bid $15,000 to $20,000 to bring the band Sister Hazel for Springfest...
...become a popular mantra. The corporate scandals have given rise to a slew of shareholders' lawsuits. In 1994 Toshiaki Takahashi formed a national group of "citizens' ombudsmen" to combat corruption and gain access to the government's books. His organization has brought down officials for everything from construction-bid rigging to faking expense receipts. "The need for public disclosure has finally begun to disseminate," said Takahashi in a recent speech...
...bid to prevent people from profiting off Princess Diana's name, her London-based memorial fund on Sunday unveiled a distinctive logo that will be attached to all official Diana memorabilia. Diana's sons William, 15, and Harry, 13, have approved the design, which is her own signature in purple, one of her favorite colors, over the words "Princess of Wales Memorial Fund...
...offered this anecdote: David Landes, Coolidge professor of history and professor of economics, wanted access to an important French archive. According to the article, the father of Golet Professor of French History Patrice L.R. Higonnet gave him this access in exchange for a favor: supporting his son's bid for tenure...
...reality, Harvard must convert on these, the lighter games on the Ivy slate, if it is to contend with the nationally-ranked Princeton Tigers for the league crown and the NCAA tournament's automatic bid...