Word: bidding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennedy School of Government (KSG) advisor was the central figure in securing Athens'bid for the 2004 Olympic Games and may become the country's central organizer of an Olympics...
...Ritz hotel that employed the allegedly drunken, speeding limo driver Henri Paul ? is threatening to sue photographers for damages. The lawyer, Bernard Dartevelle, launched the latest volley in his media offensive by stressing that a witness reported seeing a motorcycle zigzagging in front of the Mercedes in an apparent bid to try to slow it down, just before the crash. One of the attorneys representing paparazzi under investigation for manslaughter counters that the photographers are being targeted as "sacrificial lambs" in a prime-time case of "showbiz justice" aimed at pleasing the French Foreign Ministry...
...will probably forgo broadcasting HDTV altogether and instead cram a combination of several standard-definition channels and even some pay-TV programs into the digital pipe. Infuriated public watchdogs see this as sleight of hand. "They get all this spectrum for free, and nobody else had a chance to bid on it," says Solveig Bernstein, a telecommunications expert with the Cato Institute. "It's ridiculous...
...million stock options that, if all could be exercised today, would bring him $70 million. So when Dunlap and Price sent ITT's board separate letters on the same date, Aug. 8, demanding the same action--to let ITT shareholders vote on Hilton's $70-a-share bid--it raised a few eyebrows. Not that anything illegal had been done. But just how cozy have the two become? Remember, Dunlap has no stake in ITT. Yet his involvement is a huge boost for Price's cause. Dunlap is a lightning rod for publicity, which is one way of pressuring...
...film. Staying away from the personal life of a man who wasn't particularly interested in his own (his kids barely appear in the film), the story focuses solely on Wallace's political career. Opening with the day he was shot while campaigning in Maryland for his 1972 presidential bid, the movie then hops back to his first gubernatorial campaign, slowing down to fill in some background before taking off with his infamous 1963 inaugural speech: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!" From here the film whirls through key moments in Wallace's career: blocking the door at the University...