Word: outbidding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Late Joiner. At first, Britain was not I in on this act. Britain was still busy try-I ing to outbid Nasser for leadership of the I Arab world. Early in October, Sir Anthony I Eden infuriated the Israelis by suggesting Va peace based on the 1947 partition plan, which would cost Israel all the territory it won later by beating the Arabs. Jordan was the battleground of Britain's contest with Nasser. Jordan had kicked out Britain's Glubb Pasha, but still needed its $33-million-a-year subsidy from Britain. At London's urging, Iraq (Britain's only...
...approach, Stevenson did not hesitate to denounce his opponent. He complained that Kefauver had "outbid" him on farm support prices and aid to schools. "I will not promise anything I don't believe in or that I don't think is reasonable or possible," he said. At a meeting with California Negro leaders...
BOSTON HERALD: THERE are many indications that the big factor in the vote was not Democratic bossism or Republican indifference but agrarian discontent. Senator Kefauver outbid Mr. Stevenson on the issue dearest to the rural voter, farm aid. The Republicans would do well to pay more attention to farm sentiment and putting across their essentially constructive farm policies...
...rambunctious newcomer among Midwest railroaders is Chicago Lawyer Ben W. Heineman, 42. Less than two years ago, he won a proxy fight for control of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, has since boosted earnings per share 14% to $2.35. He is also trying to outbid the Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania for little Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, a main bypass around Chicago for transcontinental freight. Last week Heineman announced that he is after a much bigger prize: the long (7,870 miles) and longtime ailing Chicago & North Western Railway, which runs from Chicago to Lander...
Green Light. Competition for gamblers' choice is intense between the five (out of six) state governments in the lottery business. Last week Tasmania, smallest state in the Commonwealth, in an effort to outbid rivals, paid out the top lottery prize to date: a whopping $562,500 (tax free, as are all lottery prizes in Australia...