Word: bids
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...just what Mr. Lewis would have labor propose to the council of reason is still either his secret or his unsolved problem. However, Washington observers agreed with the Baltimore Sun's J. Fred Essary that Mr. Lewis' speech to the British Empire was "his most sensational bid for both labor and political leadership in this country and his most savage attack upon the Administration...
...warm California afternoon, summer before last, every major Hollywood cinema producer put on his best double-dealing poker face and disclaimed to his colleagues any interest in Authoress Margaret Mitchell's magnum opus, Gone With the Wind. All knew only too well that any open move to bid for it would send the price kiting. Hence young Producer David O. Selznick was highly pleased with himself when three days later he was able to announce that for mere peanuts ($50,000) he had bought the film rights to the book that was becoming the best-selling best seller...
...Richard Whitney's bid of $2.05 per share for U. S. Steel on a dark day in 1929 was spectacular and hero making [TIME, March 14], how would facile TIME describe someone (the writer for instance) who, even today, would gladly, and with less substantial sponsorship, match Whitney's bid...
...nodding proofreader, a thoroughgoing reprimand for reducing Broker Whitney's historic bid...
...will doubtlessly be stubborn in relinquishing its crown, despite the graduation of Ted Bruce, top league pitcher last season. Darkhorse of the Ivy group Is Columbia, erratic last year, but stronger and more well-rounded this season. These two teams will offer the Crimson its stiffest opposition in its bid for the title...