Word: biddings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first invasion of the region west of the Alleghanies, John W. Davis spoke to the State Democratic Convention at Columbus, Ohio. His subject was the acceptance speech of Mr. Coolidge, which he attacked from stem to stern. Extracts: "What is the issue that you bid me submit to the American people? I care not in what words we put it- honesty in Government, fidelity in administration, uprightness in the administration of the law, justice in the passage of legislation-it all comes, in the last resolve, to the question of party responsibility...
...Pennsylvania buyers are lowering their bid for crude oil, and a lower price level all along the line is expected in some quarters. Only by such means, it is argued, can the large stocks of refined and crude oil be successfully disposed...
Ministers of the Crown, Senators, Deputies and hosts of uncategoried dignitaries assembled at Cairo Railway Station to bid au revoir, bon voyage and bonne chance to Premier Zaghlul of Egypt, who was leaving for London to have a word with Premier MacDonald about the Sudan (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq).* Outside the station thousands of people voiced their farewells in true Moslem fashion. Bands played, replayed and played again a special hymn dedicated to 'the Premier. A small group of people carrying a coffin were seen to lay it down and dash to the station to catch a fleeting...
...great crowd that had assembled to bid au revoir to the Premier was infuriated by the dastardly attempt upon his life. The would-be killer was seized and severely man-handled before the police were able to effect his rescue. In custody, the young student gave his name as Abd el Khadir, aged 20; said he had lately come from Germany to Egypt; that he tried to kill the Premier in order to prevent Anglo-Egyptian negotiations*over the Sudan and because the Premier had described the British Parliament as just and honorable...
Rogers opened the fifth with a single, but he never got to second. Gordon tripled to right center with two away in the sixth, but a brilliant play by Walsh on Todd's fine bid for a hit staved off the threatened run. Gordon's triple would ordinarily have been a homer, but ground rules held the batter on third...