61.   United Water Services, a Harrington Park, N.J., company, won the bid for the Atlanta system.

62.   Union members become suspicious, said Skelly, when they think a construction company has won a bid by shortchanging its comp payments.

63.   Veba had hoped that if Thyssen won the bid, it would give it a partner with a large land-line phone network, analysts said.

64.   When he won the bid, his agent told him it was by the skin of his teeth.

65.   Whitehorn noted that Virgin has not yet won the bid, saying the terms of any agreement will have to be negotiated over the next two weeks.

66.   Winning the bid is expected to speed up planned public works projects, boost tourism and help secure regional stability, analysts said.

67.   Zhang of the Olympic bid committee acknowledged that stable relations with other countries would be important to Beijing winning the bid.

68.   Premier Costas Simitis won his bid Sunday to lead his Socialist party to a fresh four-year mandate, beating down a strong challenge by the conservative opposition.

69.   Pangalos and Vasso Papandreou were firm Simitis supporters when he won his bid to succeed ailing Andreas Papandreou as Premier in January.

70.   Prosecutors allege Arends paid the money in exchange for winning the bid to buy the cellular division of Setel Inc., the government telephone company.