Word: bidding
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Meanwhile, the owner of the mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., where the cultists died, has taken a first round of bids on the property, which includes a sauna, a fitness room and tennis courts; even though the owner paid $30,000 to "sanitize" the house, no bid has yet come close to the mansion's pre-suicide value--about $1.5 million. The real estate agent handling the sale, Randall Bell, is an expert at moving "distressed" properties, having previously consulted, he says, on the sales of homes where Nicole Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey and Sharon Tate passed away...
...over reneging on his promise to bring the boys back from Bosnia, President Clinton delivered the bad news in person Monday. But his one-day holiday stopover with the 8,500 troops enforcing the Dayton peace accords seems to be going smoothly thus far, as Clinton makes a characteristic bid to be as conciliatory as possible. To pacify Republican opposition, he brought Bob and Liddy Dole ? and to keep the G.I.s happy, he brought Chelsea (who had apparently been a big hit with the troops back...
...America East title and earned an NCAA Tournament bid last season but has struggled this year against a tough schedule--its three losses are to No. 13 Connecticut, Rhode Island and Alabama, all perennial Tournament teams...
...that's just from the U.S. military. Though no contracts have been signed yet, Omnitech's exhibits at defense fairs in Bangkok and Abu Dhabi attracted Thai and Qatar representatives, who have opened active negotiations. In Canada and Norway the company has been invited to bid on outfitting vehicles with mine-clearing machinery. In Japan, Omnitech is angling to join a consortium that hopes to undertake a cleanup of unexploded World War II ordnance in China. For countries that need to clear minefields but lack the money to buy Omnitech's kits, which cost $125,000 to $150,000, Parish...
...itself at the center of this storm. It was placed there first by the countries requesting help, then by the other Pacific Rim nations. For different reasons, both lenders and receivers wanted a middleman to give them cover. For all the embarrassment that attaches to it, a bid to the IMF allows recipient governments to claim that an outside force is compelling them to make unpopular but necessary reforms. Donor countries can also avoid taking the blame for the pain that IMF requirements impose...