Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After decades of disputes with the government and with the United States Surgeon-General, U.S. tobacco company Philip Morris, the largest in the country, made a cynical publicity bid earlier this month when it at last recognized that smoking causes cancer and other major diseases and that tobacco is addictive...
...front of this season's biggest crowd, the Crimson vanquished its second-half demons of the past four weeks and played all four quarters with equal fire and determination. With a dynamic, multifaceted offense and an aggressive, mobile defense, Harvard proved to the league--and to itself--that its bid to win the Ivy crown is no Halloween prank...
With the victory Harvard captured at least a share of the Ivy League crown that it surrendered last season to Dartmouth. With a win or a tie next Saturday over Brown, the Crimson will claim sole possession of first place in the league and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament...
DeFuniak says hiring Achieva is a bid not only for better results but also for efficiency. For $60,000, he can add one new guidance counselor, which would just reduce the student-to-counselor ratio to 650 to 1. Moreover, the person hired would be saddled not only with giving college advice but also with staying on top of disciplinary and psychological problems. For the same amount of money, DeFuniak is planning to employ three Achieva counselors to do only test prep, a service he expects to translate into a 50-point jump in SAT scores. He says such gains...
...weekend's dominating 3-0 victory over Dartmouth allowed Harvard to grab a share of the lead in the Ivy League race. The Crimson is currently embroiled in a heated three-way tie with Princeton and Brown, and two additional league victories this weekend would aid the Crimson's bid to bring home the Ivy crown...