11.   Some bidders tried for a number of dresses, raising their hands again and again and hoping the other bidders would drop out before their budgets ran out.

12.   The closed-envelope auction moved to open outcry when the only two bidders made similar offers.

13.   The four bidders were Tufts, Blue Cross, Harvard Pilgrim, and Unicare Inc.

14.   The MoD with the two bidders still is attempting to lay out final configurations for the system it will purchase.

15.   The other bidder is Crystallex, which is still pressing its claim of title to Las Cristinas in the appeals courts.

16.   The other two bidders are Enron Corp., the biggest U.S. natural gas company, and Vancouver, Canada-based Applied Energy Services Inc.

17.   The other two bidders were groups comprised of Talisman Energy Inc. and Astra Compania de Petroleo SA, and Agip and Norsk Hydro AS.

18.   The other bidder is Cray, based in Eagan, Minn.

19.   The other bidders were believed to be the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Anaheim Angels.

20.   The three bidders are Peruvian tobacco companies.