Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard then found out that the ECAC accepted the Crimson's bid for this weekend's tournament. Harvard (5-5, 3-3 Ivy) hoped to get invited to the four-team event, which is unrelated to the NCAA Tournament, to get more experience against talented teams...
Though the bid was appreciated, however, the seedings were not. Not only did no top-10 teams choose to go, but Harvard--the highest ranked team in the ECAC Tournament--isn't even the top seed. Unranked Lehigh has the first spot for some unknown reason, followed by Harvard, No. 13 Brown and Rutgers...
...hearted at worst. First he was forced to pull back an immigration-reform bill when minority leader Tom Daschle tacked on an amendment that would raise the minimum wage by 90'. Then, just as Dole was preparing to back a token boost in the wage scale, 20 House Republicans bid him up to a full dollar. Dole suddenly seemed behind the curve, a scrooge in springtime. And then, on Thursday, five Republicans abandoned Dole when he tried (and failed) to attach a plan for medical savings accounts to a bill extending health-care benefits to employees who change jobs...
...District of Columbia, who tied up traffic on Connecticut Avenue for 14 hours after hearing that their funds might be cut. His standing fell last week when it was disclosed that he had had a $20,000 security fence built around the mayor's residence under a no-bid contract by a former member of his staff...
What could lead a parent to such shocking behavior? Authorities believe Kathleen Bush suffers from a variant of Munchausen syndrome, a mental disorder that impels people to feign or induce illness in a twisted bid for attention. In Munchausen by proxy, parents may injure their children--smothering them with pillows, injecting them with poisons, mixing blood in their urine--in order to draw praise for their dedicated nursing of their offspring...