21.   Interested parties could bid in person, by proxy, by Internet or by phone.

22.   MCI has also applied to bid in the sale, as has Echostar.

23.   Minority-owned businesses will be given an advantage in bidding in industries like trucking where statistical surveys show they are underrepresented.

24.   Most people said they bid in the hopes of owning a novel, if grim, piece of Americana.

25.   Nor was it nice to turn up at an auction and bid in public.

26.   Park Place, which bid in a partnership with Mandalay Resort Group, said in a statement Friday that it still hoped to end up with a license.

27.   Recent takeover bids in Switzerland, such as the acquisition of household appliance retailer Dipl. Ing.

28.   Regulations now let the state sign contracts without bidding in certain instances.

29.   The banks are bidding in combination with national brokerages because fund officials believe potential buyers will be comprised of international and national groups.

30.   The buyer was an unidentified man bidding in the salesroom.