Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have said all along that our constructionpolicy is to build on a merit basis, [taking] thelowest responsible bid," Mullin said...
...weighed down by rising interest rates? Business / executives, bureaucrats and factory workers share that concern. Last week the Bundesbank said it would make no further rate cuts "for some time," but that announcement exacerbated worries that inflation might be poised for a comeback. European bond-market investors have already bid up long-term interest rates appreciably. Ten-year French bonds now yield 7.6%, more than 5.6% in mid-January, and German bonds yield 7.1%, up from 1.6% in April. Many economists nonetheless argue that the Bundesbank is overstating matters and that prices are well under control. The E.U. expects...
...talking Seshan determined to "bash on," removing illegal immigrants from the voters' lists and setting up polling booths in areas where low-caste people and minorities can vote without fear. But Congress has not given up either. The government says that next month it will try again in its bid to dilute the commissioner's authority. By then, they hope to win over the support of some more opposition members. Warns Khushwant Singh, a prominent New Delhi newspaper columnist: "So long as Seshan is around, the war will continue...
...which, to put it mildly, was no great advantage to George Bush -- the experts were wrong in predicting that the G.O.P. defeat that year would spell the end of their influence. Led by the Christian Coalition, the organization that rose from the debris of Pat Robertson's failed presidential bid in 1988, the religious right kept up its building process at the local level, jamming G.O.P. committee meetings and state caucuses. The grass-roots effort has paid off in control over the party apparatus in Texas, Virginia, Oregon, Iowa and South Carolina, as well as significant influence in perhaps...
...Accordingly, the early lineup of Republican presidential contenders is already bidding for the approval of the Christian right. Jack Kemp has long been a favorite of theirs. Dick Cheney was keynote speaker at the Virginia convention. Dan Quayle's memoir is peppered with references to his religious faith and was co-published by Zondervan, a Christian imprint. And the power of the religious right was certified two weeks ago by Bob Dole, who abruptly endorsed Ollie North's Senate bid after toying publicly with the idea of supporting the independent candidacy of moderate J. Marshall Coleman...