Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...partners hope to draw $13 million in financing for their $24 million venture from a special Pentagon fund for HDTV research. But just two days after the Zenith-AT&T announcement, the U.S. division of Japan's Sony acknowledged that it had submitted a bid for the Pentagon's entire $30 million research contract. "I don't think Sony needs a U.S. subsidy," groused Republican Representative Don Ritter of Pennsylvania, who has sponsored legislation that would create more HDTV incentives for American industry. "It was open bidding," counters Sony spokesman Haruyuki Machida. Who will get the money? Don't touch...
While Vermont has a chance to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the top-ranked Crimson must now recover from last night's loss and play the Big Red in the consolation game...
Sixth-seeded Vermont (20-12-2) will now face second-seeded St. Lawrence (28-5)--a 6-1 winner over Cornell in the other semifinal--for the ECAC title tonight at 8:30 p.m. and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Harvard (26-3), the top seed in the tournament, will play against number-five Cornell (16-12-2) in the 5:30 p.m. consolation game...
...winner will play tomorrow night in the 8:30 championship game against the victor of the St. Lawrence-Cornell semifinal game. On the line: a league title and an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs...
Second-seeded St. Lawrence (27-2) is the defending champion in the tourney and used the automatic NCAA bid it earned with last year's crown to advance all the way to the national finals. Number-five Cornell (16-11-1) is looking to return to the prominence that earned it a league-high seven tournament championships...