31.   Bidding wars are generally a thing of the past.

32.   Bidding wars, or the lack of them, may not be the most rational measure of the residential market.

33.   Both companies have been caught up in speculation that there will be a bidding war for nickel producer Diamond Fields Resources Ltd.

34.   Both cases involved a bidding war.

35.   Bob Baffert is at a horse sale, gets into a bidding war over a colt with a guy sitting two sections away.

36.   -- Keith Sykes, Credit Lyonnais Securities analyst, about GEC outbidding British Aerospace Plc in a bidding war for British submarine maker VSEL Plc.

37.   A bidding war for USAir would have given the British airline several attractive options, analysts said.

38.   A bidding war immediately developed, and the two expansion teams won.

39.   A blind bidding war ensued.

40.   A bidding war for rail supremacy in the East is now expected, leading two analysts to cut their ratings today for CSX.