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Master of ceremonies Buchwald opened the bidding on 40 items at 8 p.m. on the Mainstage of the Loeb Drama Center. He said that Robert Brustein, director of the ART, only convinced him to play auctioneer because the two are tennis buddies on Martha's Vineyard.
The decision was a painful blow for Pratt & Whitney, which had been working furiously to upgrade its engine since the Air Force invited competitive bidding and thereby set off what became known as the "Great Fighter Engine War."
But a few years passed, and now Samaranch appears ebulliently at ease. Los Angeles had no rivals in bidding for the coming Summer Games, but Samaranch says that Brisbane, New Delhi, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Stockholm are fighting over 1992, and the entries are not closed yet. The Olympic spirit...
The Bank Street College in New York last September lost the contract to Harvard in the final round of bidding, and immediately filed a complaint with the General Accounting Office. Bank Street charged the NIE with using illegal procedures in deciding which school would receive the federal money.
Companies currently being sought in the merger sweepstakes include many well-known names. Among them is Faberge, a cosmetics and fragrance firm that has become the object of a lively bidding war. McGregor Corp., a men's and boys' clothing maker, is offering $32 a share for Faberge...