The town was home to the civil engineer and calculating prodigy George Parker Bidder ( 1806 – 1878 ), who is notable for his work on railways over much of the world, as well as the docks of the East End in the Port of London.

After his education at the Bruce Academy, an apprenticeship to Nicholas Wood, the manager of Killingworth Colliery, and a period at the University of Edinburgh where he met George Parker Bidder, Robert went to work with his father on his railway projects, the first being the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Remaining in New York after the close of the play, she then became a member of E. H. Sothern's theater company appearing in The Highest Bidder and finally on Broadway in Lord Chumley.

It was revealed that the Skylon and the roof of the Dome of Discovery were sold to George Cohen and Sons, scrap metal dealers of Wood Lane, Hammersmith, and dismantled at their works in Bidder street, Canning Town, on the banks of the River Lea.

* From Africa to Queens Waterfront, a Modernist Gem for Sale to the Highest Bidder by William Hamilton in the NY Times on 1950s French modernist prefab built for Africa

* New York Times: Mystery Bidder Spends $ 95 Million on a Picasso

The result was broadcast on 8 March 2011, revealing that the Skylon and the roof of the Dome of Discovery were sold for scrap to George Cohen and Sons, scrap metal dealers of Wood Lane, Hammersmith, and dismantled at their works in Bidder Street, Canning Town, on the banks of the River Lea.

The first president of Lucy Cavendish College, from 1965 to 1970, was Anna McClean Bidder, one of the founding members of " The Dining Group " and a zoologist specializing in cephalopod digestion ; this accounts for the presence of the nautilus shell in the college crest.

Anne Bidder was succeeded by Kate Bertram until 1979, Phyllis Hetzel, Dame Anne Warburton ( the first female British ambassador in 1976 ), Baroness Pauline Perry, and Dame Veronica Sutherland.

For a few months the railway was operated under contract by its engineer George Parker Bidder but in 1856 it was leased to the LB & SCR and then purchased outright in 1858.

CHC, as part of the Soteria SAR consortium was selected as the " Preferred Bidder " for a 25-year contract to provide a civilian Search and Rescue service throughout the United Kingdom.

His sire was Bold Bidder, stakes winner of 13 races who also sired the 1974 Kentucky Derby winner, Cannonade.

Bidder died at his home at Paradise Point near Warfleet Creek and is buried at nearby Stoke Fleming.

For example, in an auction with four items ( W, X, Y and Z ), if Bidder A offers $ 50 for items W & Y, Bidder B offers $ 30 for items W & X, Bidder C offers $ 5 for items X & Z and Bidder D offers $ 30 for items Y & Z, the winners will be Bidders B & D while Bidder A misses out because the combined bids of Bidders B & D is higher ($ 60 ) than for Bidders A and C ($ 55 ).

This is referred to as " Bidder goes out ".

When the price reaches $ 10, 000, Bidder A decides to accept that price and, because he is the first bidder to do so, wins the auction and has to pay $ 10, 000 for the car.

It is named in honour of Friedrich Bidder.

Thales, as part of the Soteria SAR consortium have been selected as the Preferred Bidder for the 25-year contract to provide civilian Search and Rescue throughout the United Kingdom.

* Sold to the Highest Bidder: The Presidency from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush by Daniel M. Friedenberg ( 2002 ) ISBN 1-57392-923-9.

Males are usually smaller than females and possess the organ of Bidder, an incomplete ovary.

Bidder Street in 1891, one of the oldest parts of Canning Town.

* Marcelino de Santos, Bidder and assistant of La Solidaridad.

* PL 62 Col. Tex Herring, Auctioneer and Johnny Moore ( Vocal )-" Sold to the Highest Bidder " / " Sold to the Highest Bidder "

They differed in the balance they believed essential to the sovereignty of the citizen -- but the supreme sacrifice each made served to maintain a still more fundamental truth: That individual life, liberty and happiness depend on a right balance between the two -- and on the limitation of sovereignty, in all its aspects, which this involves.

If the man on the sidewalk is surprised at this question, it has served as an exclamation.

One finds it difficult to pass censure on the lonely figure who waited for days for a saving word from his zealously served idol, W.R. Hearst.

The reason is, I think, my awareness that my remarks last quarter on pacifism may well have served to confirm the opinion of some that my tendency to skepticism and dissent gets us nowhere, and that I am simply too old to hope.

the rub arises from the fact that teachers are usually paid on the basis of time served rather than quality.

For readjustment to the U.S., volunteers should be given some separation allowance at the end of their overseas service, based on the length of time served.

and he has served our country well as a scientific statesman on international commissions.

Oyster salt roast -- oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of coarse salt that kept them hot when served -- was a standby at Manning's.

She served one four-year term on the national committee.

He started practice in 1917, and served on the State Board of Medical Examiners.

Thomas enjoyed considerable status in Kentucky — where he sat on juries, appraised estates, served on country slave patrols, and guarded prisoners.

In practice, the Articles were in use beginning in 1777 ; the final draft of the Articles served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress (" the United States in Congress assembled ") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781 ; at which point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation.

Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau served as stop-over points for Cuban troops on their way to Angola to fight UNITA rebels and South African troops.

He served in that role for more than five years, making six tours, and traveling more than annually on the Indian frontier of Texas.

He served on the Texas frontier at Fort Mason and elsewhere in the West.

Other meals are still served in a traditional manner on carved wooden plates.

Keem BayAchill Archaeological Field School is based at the Achill Archaeology Centre in Dooagh, which has served as a catalyst for a wide array of archaeological investigations on the island.

A medal awarded to women who served in the Women Army Auxiliary Corps from 10 July 1942 to 31 August 1943, and to the Women Army Corps from 1 September 1943 to 2 September 1945 featured Athena on the front.

The early policy of Ambracia was determined by its loyalty to Corinth ( for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade ), its consequent aversion to Corcyra ( as Ambracia participated on the Corinthian side at the Battle of Sybota, which took place in 433 BC between the rebellious corinthian colony of Corcyra ( modern Corfu ) and Corinth ).

The driver will pick up more passengers as long as seats are available, and will transport them to their destination based on first come first served rules.

Agrippina landing at Brundisium with the ashes of Germanicus, ( 1768, Benjamin West, oil on canvas ). In art, Agrippina has served as a symbol of marital devotion and fidelity.

Dau Miu () is a Chinese vegetable that has become popular since the early 1990s, and now not only appears on English-language menus, usually as " pea shoots ", but is often served by upscale non-Asian restaurants as well.