11.   As expected, Washington and Colorado accepted bids Tuesday to the Bowl Games of Hawaii doubleheader on Christmas Day.

12.   Backed by a new school president, he said policy-be-damned and accepted a bid to play in the Mideast Regional at East Lansing, Mich.

13.   Because the auction conflicts with the Series game, absentee bids will be accepted.

14.   Bids, which First Commercial solicited in an auction, were due on Monday, and the interested companies were told on Wednesday whether their bids had been accepted.

15.   Bids will be accepted by mail only.

16.   Bids will be accepted only from customers who have registered their charge card numbers with the auction house.

17.   Bids will be accepted from noon on Thursday through Monday.

18.   A more patient investor would wait for a seller to accept his bid.

19.   A squad of government lawyers failed to overcome the challenges, even after the stock exchange was kept open hours after its normal quitting time to accept bids.

20.   Administration officials said they expected to accept bids.