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Word: underbid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both Harvard and MIT subsequently lowered their bids to near NIE's $7.7 million figure while Bank St. remained unaware that it had underbid dramatically with its $4.5 million proposal...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: While You Were Out | 9/13/1984 | See Source »

Both Harvard and MIT subsequently lowered their bids to near NIE's $7.7 million figure while Bank St. remained unaware that it had underbid dramatically with its $4.5 million proposal...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: While You Were Out | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

Both Harvard and MIT subsequently lowered their bids to near the NIE $7.7 million figure but Bank St was not told that it had underbid and its proposal carried a $4.5 million price tag throughout the contract competition...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Feds Back Harvard In Grant Dispute | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...former officials of Ashland-Warren, Inc., an Atlanta-based subsidiary of Ashland Oil, Inc., which boasts the dubious distinction of having paid in 1982 the largest antitrust penalties ever assessed a U.S. corporation. The executives were convicted of agreeing to slip $125,000 to a smaller company that had underbid them on a Tennessee highway project. In return, Ashland-Warren was to become a 100% "subcontractor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paved with Bad Intentions | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...labor relations for Schiavone Construction Co., was a friend and traveling companion of New Jersey Gangster Salvatore ("Sally Bugs") Briguglio. The informant said Briguglio, in return for payoffs, gave Donovan information about low bids on Government construction contracts, which he learned of through Government contacts, so that Donovan could underbid. At his confirmation hearings, Donovan three times denied ever meeting Briguglio, the victim of a Mob execution in 1978. Another FBI source said that a labor fixer, Jack McCarthy, worked for the Schiavone Co. McCarthy has been convicted of racketeering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Less Than Full Disclosure | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

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