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Colangelo's and from
According to the original press release from Colangelo's group ( which remained posted on the team website during the first few seasons ) the chosen team colors were Arizona turquoise, copper, black and purple.
The sale allegedly came in part to keep his family from having to pay high estate taxes upon Colangelo's death.

Colangelo's and Jerry
Of great surprise to many fans was a brand new color scheme ; apparently the original colors used by the franchise since Major League Baseball awarded it to Jerry Colangelo's ownership group in 1995 were to be discontinued.

Colangelo's and was
Colangelo's group was so certain that they would be awarded a franchise that they held a name-the-team contest for it ; they took out a full-page ad in the sports section of the February 13, 1995 edition of the state's leading newspaper, the Arizona Republic.
On March 9, 1995, Colangelo's group was awarded a franchise to begin play for the 1998 season.
In 1995, Colangelo's group was granted an expansion team, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The estate tax issue played a role, though another factor was that Colangelo's partners were upset at the team's large debt.

Colangelo's and .
During much of the 1980s, Colangelo's Suns faced trouble.
In 1997, Colangelo's team in the Women's National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury, began playing.
Under Colangelo's guidance, the Rattlers won Arena Bowl championships in 1994 and 1997.
The D-Backs were almost $ 150 million in the red at the time, largely because of Colangelo's " win now " strategy.
Colangelo's son Bryan Colangelo is President of the NBA Toronto Raptors.

bid and received
During the past year, 10,517 government bid invitations were received and 4,427 procurement leads were mailed to Rhode Island manufacturers.
Fisher received an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament, in which they defeated Union College, Springfield College and Rowan University to reach the national semifinals in which they lost to Mount Union College, the defending national champions, by a score of 26-14.
Some sources have claimed that despite their scientific contributions, neither was given the award because of their animosity toward each other ; that each sought to minimize the other's achievements and right to win the award ; that both refused ever to accept the award if the other received it first ; and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it ( although Edison did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1915, and Tesla did receive one bid out of 38 in 1937 ).
On August 11, 2006 Forgent Networks received notice from the NASDAQ stock market regarding non-compliance with the minimum bid price rule, which can lead to delisting, before coming back into compliance in January 2007.
For example, he moved CF-18 servicing from Manitoba to Quebec in 1986, even though the Manitoba bid was lower and the company was better rated, and received death threats for exerting pressure on Manitoba over French language rights.
In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side.
board had received a takeover bid from an unknown investor which would purchase 55 % of the shares in the company.
2008 election results are as follows: Republican Jack Hoogendyk received 59. 08 % of Ottawa County's vote in his failed bid against US Senator Carl Levin ; Republican Representative Peter Hoekstra received 71. 7 % of the vote ; Republican David Agema received 73. 45 % in the race for the 74th district ; Republican Arlan B. Meekhof received 60. 71 % in his race for the 89th District ; Republican Joseph Haveman received 71. 92 % in his race for the 90th District ; and Holly Hughes received 61. 55 % in her failed bid against Mary Valentine for the 91st District.
Sanderford led the Huskers to a NCAA sub-regional in 1998 and 1999 and received a third consecutive NCAA bid in 2000.
Sununu was one of only three senators whose voting record received a score of 100 % from the fiscally conservative Club for Growth, which in February 2007 endorsed his bid for re-election.
An attempt to put it up for sale only received a maximum bid of $ 125 million which was far below the construction cost.
The British WIM and author Cathy Forbes, in her book Nigel Short: Quest for the Crown ( Cadogan 1993 ), wrote that at no time in the 1993 bidding process was a conforming World Championship match bid actually received by FIDE.

bid and strong
In addition to his pioneering work in bringing simple and effective bridge to everyday players, Goren also worked to popularize the Precision bidding method, which is one of many variants of so-called big club or strong club systems ( which use an opening bid of one club to indicate a strong hand ).
Romania has developed strong relations with Hungary, with the latter playing a key role in supporting Romania's bid to join the EU.
The Philadelphia host committee assembled what was considered a strong, but long-shot bid, hoping to win the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold weather city.
The Philadelphia host committee assembled what was considered a strong, but long-shot bid, hoping to win the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold weather city.
* Strong two clubs: All unbalanced hands too strong to open at the one-level are opened with an artificial 2 call, as well as balanced hands stronger than 22 HCP ( unless opener has the right strength for a 3NT opening bid ).
Other popular Precison variations on opening bids are using a strong 1NT ( 14-16 is most common ), using 2 to show only a 6 + club suit and expanding the possible hand patterns for the 2 bid to include the usual 4-4-1-4 and 4-4-0-5 as well as 4-3-1-5 and 3-4-1-5.
The Strong Club System is a set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1 as being an artificial forcing bid promising a strong hand.
Hanson failed in her bid to win a Senate seat from Queensland, despite polling a strong 10 % of the primary vote.
* Inverted minor raises, in which a jump raise of a minor suit opening is a weak preemptive bid, while a single raise is strong and forcing for one round ;
The desire for a monarchy was still strong in France even under the Third Republic – the comte de Chambord having made a bid early in its history.
: Mr. Costain's best book of fiction, and one that will put out a strong bid to rival The Robe in success with that market.
The bid was ultimately defeated due to strong opposition from public employees and the skepticism of the state legislature.
* The level of the 1 NT opening bid influences other bids: the normal choice is between a " weak no trump " ( 12-14 HCP ) and a " strong no trump " ( 15-17 HCP ).
Very strong hands ( 8 playing tricks ) are shown by an opening bid of 2 which forces a 2 response allowing suits to be shown.
* Acol with Three Weak Twos: this variant is similar to Reverse Benji Acol except that the strong 2 bid is abandoned in favour of a third weak two ( in diamonds ).
Thus 2 is the only strong bid in this system.
Abandoning the extra grade of strong bid means that ' Acol two ' style hands cause some problems, either having to be opened at the one level or forced into the 2 bid.
** 2 of any other suit-Strong two bid which shows a strong hand with at least eight playing tricks and a 6-card suit ( or two 5-card suits ).

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