31.   At the end of the day, computers run the numbers and match the highest bidders with the number of open seats.

32.   Athletes are asking for trouble when they sell their soles to the highest bidder.

33.   Bank branches in discount stores and supermarkets are generally leased by the retailer to the highest bidder.

34.   Basketball, baseball, and football have thrown their titles open to the highest bidder and richest owners.

35.   Blackstone was the highest bidder.

36.   Bennett says that the last thing the Zapruders want is to auction the film, which they view as a national treasure, to the highest bidder.

37.   Blank said the Smith family could have decided to put the team up for bid and sell the Falcons to the highest bidder.

38.   Bollenbach said he expects ITT, to ensure its slate of directors is elected, to promise shareholders that the company will be auctioned to the highest bidder.

39.   Bob Finkelstein, staff attorney for The Utility Reform Network in San Francisco, acknowledged that there was nothing unethical about power companies seeking out the highest bidders.

40.   A former KGB officer now freelancing to the highest bidder is offering to sell information that will compromise someone in the agency.