1.   But shareholding rules make hostile bids hard to win.

2.   Rabo owns an independent facilities management firm, Facet, which will run the network should it win the bid.

3.   Good business planning could have helped Darlington win its bid for a body scanner, a senior hospital official said this week.

4.   Among other contracts, Costain was part of a group that recently won the bid to build the first private prison in the U.K.

5.   Among Republicans, Ohio Gov. George Voinovich won his bid to fill the Senate seat of retiring Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio.

6.   An indifferent lawyer, young Franklin Roosevelt turned out to be an indefatigable campaigner, and he won his bid for the state Senate.

7.   And how high might that winning bid have to be?

8.   Architectural Record, published by McGraw-Hill, won the bid last December, which effectively left Architecture magazine without subscribers.

9.   At one time, ratings were a concern as national embarrassment lingered over accusations that Salt Lake City won the bid illicitly from the IOC.

10.   Automotive Innovations in Bridgewater, one of a handful of vendors able to modify a van to such demanding specifications, won the bid.