51.   A ferious bidding war for the broadcast rights to the film, which included all four broadcast networks, took place over the last several days.

52.   A handful of Jewish freedom fighters, called Maccabees, waged a successful war for religious freedom.

53.   A bidding war for CBS poses heavy risks for Westinghouse.

54.   A fierce bidding war for Telemundo emerged in the last month as NBC competed with Viacom for control of the company.

55.   A life-or-death conflict for the Bosnian Serbs has become a dreary, somewhat distant and increasingly meaningless war for many of the people in Serbia.

56.   Add in the possibility that competent young minorities may wage and win bidding wars for their services on just about an annual basis.

57.   Afghanistan has been at war for much of the last quarter century, and most of these children were here even before the allied air strikes began.

58.   After hundreds of phone calls and countless letters from college coaches, the bidding war for the Toronto high school basketball sensation Jamaal Magloire is over.

59.   After years of indifference, the states have embarked on a bidding war for the available talent.

60.   All were fighting the same war for the same reasons.