Word: biddinger
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The plan went, well, swimmingly for about two days. The team’s bidding page got thousands of hits, and one (eventually withdrawn) bid of $212,000. But then, aided by the Dartmouth athletic department, some astute chap at eBay figured out that the team wasn’t...
But the Princess Haifa story may be the least of Al-Jubeir's problems. The absence of democracy, freedom of speech, women's equality and religious diversity in the Kingdom don't endear it to Americans as a lovable ally. The fact that the Saudis, mindful of their own restive...
Since Pakistan's parliamentary elections in October, Musharraf has faced growing opposition in the National Assembly. Jamali's party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid), which Musharraf hoped would do his bidding, fell far short of a majority, and the President has had to contend with angry anti-American clergymen and...
He has also caught some breaks. In the mid-1990s, Bharti was unable to expand out of Delhi because the company lost bids for licenses in other markets. "People thought we would be a bit player," Mittal says. That proved to be a blessing in disguise. His competitors miscalculated. In...
This wasn't how Musharraf had planned it. After the Oct. 10 general elections, he hoped to introduce an obedient Parliament that would dress up his dictatorship in civilian clothes. What he got was the opposite: an angry rabble of political enemies in the 342-seat National Assembly. The Pakistan...