But a belated bid for recognition has begun.
Several magazines have bid for the serial rights of his novel.
Some foreign construction firms did not bid for the Panama City metro contract, fearing the tender was rigged.
The group is a public organization that coordinates corporate support to Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Enel, an Italian utility, is buying out minority shareholders in Spain's Endesa, for example, and pepsiCo has bid for full control of its two biggest bottling affiliates.
The person declined to identify the other parties, but said no decision has been finalized on whether to proceed with a bid for the Canadian fertilizer maker.
Last week, the Galaxy rejected Milan's first bid for Beckham, saying the England midfielder would return to Los Angeles as scheduled unless the Italians came up with a higher offer.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Lord Triesman said Spain would withdraw its bid for the 2018 event if rival bidder Russia helped bribe referees at this summer's World Cup.
I made him a bid for the antique table.
Turkey's bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam.
RAFA BENITEZ admitted Liverpool cut their own throats as his bid for Champs League glory fell agonisingly short.
Since its rebuff by the government in February, Enel has been looking for a French partner with which to launch a hostile bid for Suez.
Two years ago, in a bid for higher competitiveness,POSBank merged with DBS Bank, the de-facto national bank of the country.
AT the end of February, the orchards of California's Central Valley are dusted with pink and white blossom, as millions of almond trees make their annual bid for reproduction.
Any user can create a bid for an auction and the owner of the auction may accept or reject any bid.
The ill-timed revelation not only stalled his own bid for freedom, but also stunted his identity.
Mr Maliki has castigated Mr Allawi’s call for mediation as a bid for “foreign interference in our internal affairs that would breach our sovereignty”.
Why does Bright Food want to buy a debt-laden business that has been on the block for a while without attracting a serious bid for the whole business?
They made a takeover bid for the company.
The London Olympic Committee started preparations for the games shortly after winning its bid for the 2012 Olympics.
More recently, Huawei bid for but failed to win assets from Nortel Networks Corp., which is being broken up in bankruptcy court.
When the prime minister recently pre-empted a hostile Italian bid for Suez, a French utility, by brokering a merger between Suez and Gaz DE France (GDF), a gas giant, the public cheered.
Help agents in Shenzhen bid for the case of Guangzhou social security card production equipment purchasing.
Its bid for Cadbury is designed to give a sugar-rush to its confectionery business, the fifth biggest in the world.
She made a bid for the votes of the women.
Bharti Airtel bid for Zain because it was looking for virgin territory for its low-cost business model as the Indian market became saturated.
The savings banks are working on a joint bid for Bankgesellschaft Berlin and its subsidiaries.
Chairman of Hon hai, Terry Gou, spoke at the ceremony and said the group might explore more public tenders in the future, given its successful bid for the it Fashion Center.
Roma Coach Claudio Ranieri is keen to be reunited with Juventus full-back Cristian Molinaro, so much so that he is likely to bid for him in January.
To put in a bid for something or to enter a bid for something
So they would have local, sort of higher class, local elites, would bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid.
London's bid for the games promised that "the most enduring legacy" would be the regeneration of its rundown eastern districts.
