Word: bidding
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This week seemed like a return to news as usual, once we had laid the Princess to rest and bid good-bye to Mother Teresa. But that was just appearances. Under the surface, a lot of quiet little revolutions kept the world distinctly topsy-turvy. True, there was no single earth-shattering plot twist, but we were left scratching our heads as a number of familiar characters started playing against type. Prince Charles turned out to be a good guy after all, and AOL's Steve Case made nice with CompuServe employees. The world's largest Communist country came...
...Reconciliation Commission is unlikely to achieve the harmony suggested by its name. Five policemen are seeking amnesty for their role in the 1977 killing of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. And TIME correspondent Peter Hawthorne believes that Biko?s family are unlikely to be able to stop their bid for freedom from prosecution...
Currently, 62 percent of the underground metro has been completed, and 72 percent of sporting facilities are already in place, according to Marton Simitsek, head of operations for the bid committee...
Reached in Greece late last night, bid committee spokesperson Sophie Papioalnou said that Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was unsure of her future plans and would soon take a short respite to think over her options. While she said that Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was likely to stay involved in the Olympics in a "management role," Popioalnou emphasized that there were various forms her job could take...
...success lay largely in her ability to unify the bid within the country and keep it out of the hands of the often factional Greek government, Simitsek said...