11.   Larger business customers are even taking bids.

12.   Mobbed by a dozen race fans, a scalper stood on the curb, taking bids.

13.   McKinney had hoped to begin taking bids early next month.

14.   Nasdaq took bids from both Unix and Windows NT suppliers, and Bailar said he had some qualms whether Windows NT would be up to the task.

15.   Neville said he had a feeling he lost the job when he interviewed with the five-person committee that took the bids.

16.   Now thirsty Israel is also turning to the sea, with the government taking bids for its first large desalination projects.

17.   Peco has threatened to take its bid directly to shareholders.

18.   She considered the alternative, being moved by professionals, and took bids.

19.   Stahl has been taking bids from Samaha for so long that he knows instantly that he is through.

20.   Taking his bid for national recognition to the Midwest, New York Gov. George Pataki sought to portray himself Friday as a philosophical heir to Ronald Reagan.