Word: biddings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tell me old man Doheny is a crook," said one juror. "Didn't these Navy men [onetime Secretary Denby and Captain John K. Robison, who lost the rank of Rear Admiral because of his connection with the oil scandals] go and ask him to bid on the contracts...
...thousand pounds," said a quiet, mellow voice, the voice of His Highness Aga Sultan Sir Mahomed Shah, the Aga Khan III. At once the buzz of Christie's quieted. The Aga Khan had recently offered ?100,000 ($486,000) for Solario, famed racehorse (TIME, June 21). He could bid up to almost any sum for the diamond "Golden Dawn" if he really wanted it. Perhaps a record in diamond bidding loomed...
...vote of the final meeting Saturday night to accept Nebraska's bid for the 1927 Congress came only after a heated discussion from the floor on the geographic merits of the various institutions which had invited the delegates for next year. Ohio State, Iowa, Cornell, Stamford, and Mt. Holyoke representatives stated forcefully the benefits to be derived from meeting at their respective college. Nebraska because of its central location and the fact that it is at the same time a western institution received a large majority of votes...
...fact we asked Joe Forecast about it and he said that with an average hand he would bid at least "one without" providing Michigan did beat the Navy...
...line who had not earned his letter, and the backfield was a strong combination with J. P. Crosby '28, stellar halfback on the University team last year, as its outstanding star. Peter Baldwin. at the other halfback post, is an ineligible sophomore who is expected to make a strong bid for a regular berth next fall...