1.   Even if the race-track owners lose their bid, neighbouring tribes will get the machines too.

2.   Powell lost his bid to have his ally Richard Armitage, appointed as deputy defence secretary under Rumsfeld.

3.   Allen already lost one bid to help Seattle enhance itself as a world-class city.

4.   American Home Products Corp. lost its bid today to extend patent protection for its anti-arthritis drug, Lodine, when Congress deleted the provision from health insurance legislation.

5.   Although she lost that bid, Dunn led many GOP initiatives, including her recent work to repeal a tax penalty on married couples.

6.   Although the lawyer lost that bid, the judge asked the prosecutors to leave empty the chair at their table closest to the jurors.

7.   American Home Products Corp. lost its bid to extend patent protection for its anti-arthritis drug Lodine today when Congress deleted the provision from health insurance legislation.

8.   Amgen Inc. lost its bid to move a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Schering Corp. and Biogen Inc. to a federal court in California.

9.   Amoco lost a bid in August to operate the Mata oil field in eastern Venezuela.

10.   Analysts said losing the bid would have a limited impact on profit growth.