21.   Attanasio said one general manager told him he was confused about how to go about it if he wanted to submit a bid.

22.   Bank of Boston is up for sale and two suitors -- Banc One Corp. and CoreStates Financial Corp. -- submitted bids and later pulled them.

23.   Authority spokesman Tito Davila said Avena was invited to submit a bid.

24.   Banks can then submit bids for a second tranche to be auctioned the next day.

25.   Bids must be submitted by the end of October, it said.

26.   Bob James, vice-commodore for the club, apparently submitted his bid to New Zealand ahead of Gill.

27.   Boeing faces competition for the contract from Lockheed Martin Corp., the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense company, which also plans to submit a bid.

28.   Bidders will submit bids in closed envelopes.

29.   Bids must be submitted by October.

30.   A bid was submitted by Organizacoes Globo.