A similar prize known as The Best of the Booker was awarded in 2008 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the prize.

When the International Mathematical Union in 1981 decided to create a prize, similar to the Fields Medal, in theoretical computer science and the funding for the price was secured from Finland, the Union decided to give Nevanlinna's name to the prize.

In 1814 Tassaert observed the spontaneous formation of a blue compound, very similar to ultramarine, if not identical with it, in a lime kiln at St. Gobain, which caused the Societé pour l ' Encouragement d ' Industrie to offer, in 1824, a prize for the artificial production of the precious color.

Even as the show ended its run in 1984, the theme is still heard as a car prize cue on The Price Is Right and was used for similar purposes on the late-1980s revival of Card Sharks.

On Friday episodes which ran short, in order to fill time, audience members played a question similar to those used in the Super Match for a small cash prize.

Somewhat similar to the economics prize, it is not a Nobel prize ( i. e., a prize created by Alfred Nobel ).

* similar to the Sveriges Riksbank economics prize, it is not a fulfillment of Alfred Nobel's bequest and thus not one of Nobel's own prizes

Camera Buff ( Amator, 1979 ) ( which won the grand prize at the Moscow International Film Festival ) and Blind Chance ( Przypadek, 1981 ) continued along similar lines, but focused more on the ethical choices faced by a single character rather than a community.

It is generally accepted that the Mound is actually of much more ancient construction and possibly a similar feature to Silbury Hill ; indeed, it is a contender for the prize of Europe's oldest building.

The prize is a Japanese award similar in intent to the Nobel Prize, as it recognizes outstanding works in the fields of philosophy, arts, science and technology.

Millionaire has a very similar format to The $ 64, 000 Question – 15 questions ( now 14 ) in which the contestant's money roughly doubles with each correct question until reaching the top prize.

Before the beginning of the game, the host announces a satirical sponsor for the episode ( similar to YDKJ: The Ride ); If a player manages to buzz in with the wrong answer associated with the sponsor, they win $ 4, 000 ( double in Round 2 ) and a ' prize ' from the sponsor, instead of losing cash.

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles reflected the ambiguity that many felt when he wrote to Wilkes of “ the emphatic approval ” of the Navy Department for his actions while cautioning him that the failure to take the Trent to a prize court “ must by no means be permitted to constitute a precedent hereafter for the treatment of any case of similar infraction of neutral obligations .” On November 24, the New York Times claimed to find no actual on point precedent.

During the first season, the Snack Break occurred in the middle of the round, and the player in the lead at that point had the chance to win a small prize by correctly guessing which of three numbered refrigerators it was located in ( similar to Let's Make a Deal ).

Kuerten was deeply affected by his brother's daily struggles, later donating the entire prize money from one tournament he has won every year of his professional career so far to a hometown NGO that provides assistance for people suffering from similar disabilities.

In 1961 a similar prize was set up by the Bollingen Foundation for best translation and it was won by Robert Fitzgerald for his translation of the Odyssey.

In later episodes, a common ( but not always used ) rule was that no one would be eliminated after the second stunt ; instead, the contestant or team that performed the best would receive a prize, such as a vehicle or a prize package similar in value.

Douglas Hofstadter, in his Pulitzer prize winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, explains that these " Gödel-statements " always refer to the system itself, similar to the way the Epimenides paradox uses statements that refer to themselves, such as " this statement is false " or " I am lying ".

From 1989 to 1996 the NEH awarded a similar prize known as the Charles Frankel Prize.

The personal quality of Samuel Beckett is similar to qualities I had found in the plays.

The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.

A similar amateurish characteristic is revealed in Adams' failure to check the accuracy and authenticity of his informational sources.

But there is, nevertheless, always a subtle difference in the way in which supposedly similar opinions are held.

First of all there is ample area in East Greenwich already zoned in the classification similar to that which petitioner requested.

What was missing in the Governor's argument, as in so many similar arguments, was a premise which would enable one to make the ethical leap from what might be militarily desirable to what is right.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

The resulting setup, it was declared, `` would be similar to that which is in successful operation in a number of metropolitan counties as large or larger than Rhode Island ''.

Super-Set No. 2 is made up of similar exercises, but this time done with dumbbells, and using both `` moon '' and flat benches.

Chuck a length of 1/8'' '' dia. drill rod into a drill press or some similar turning device and while it is rotating file the end square and then file a slight taper 1/8'' '' long.

There is the free intra-city `` rent it here, leave it there '' service, as an example, the free delivery and collection at the airport, dockside or your hotel, luggage racks, touring documents and information and other similar services.

There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed out, and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear, so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar.

) This is, of course, a similar type of behavior to that indicated by birefringence studies.

The life history of the alkali bee is similar to that of Andrena, but the first activity of the adults does not take place until summer, and the individuals hibernate in the prepupal stage.

In litters of eight mice from similar parents, the number of mice with straight instead of wavy hair is an integer from 0 to 8.

This theorem is similar to the theorem of Kakutani that there exists a circumscribing cube around any closed, bounded convex set in Af.

In hunger stimulates man too the situation is very similar.

) These general facts are mentioned to make clear that the total situation in the two families is similar enough to warrant comparison.

It will be seen that where the scope is similar, the Athabascan ratios come out somewhat higher ( as indeed they ought to with a total ratio of 2.8 as against 3.5 or 4: 5 ) except for verbs, where alone the Athabascan ratio is lower.

For example, suppose another excess profits tax similar to prior laws is enacted, providing for carryover of excess profits credits.

As far back as the 19th century, a cookie very similar in appearance to the modern fortune cookie was made in Kyoto, Japan, and there is a Japanese temple tradition of random fortunes, called o-mikuji.

This concept is similar to the existing system of emissions trading of carbon credits, proposed by the Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse emissions.

They served along with the holders of similar office, gesu, who delivered dues from the manor to the proprietor in Kyoto.

It refers more generally however to any similar regime of verification of conformity to some standard, e. g. Kyoto Protocol, Harkin-Engel Protocol, or some mandatory labeling scheme.

However, the Kamakura headquarters of the Muromachi regime instituted a similar policy in regards to the Kantō shugo lords, and made them establish mansions in Kamakura just as the western and central shugo lords made mansions in Kyoto.

In 1978, he was a guest research associate at Kyoto University, Japan, followed by a similar position at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia.

" In 1678,, who was from Hashimoto's school and was active in Kyoto, authored Sampo-meikai ( 算法明記 ), and gave new solutions to Sawaguchi's 15 problems, using his version of multi-variable algebra, similar to Seki's.

It consisted a series of low-level buildings, connected by corridors and congregating around various gardens, courtyards or lying detached, similar to the structures that can be seen in Nijo Castle in Kyoto today.

The han schools, which predominated in provincial regions, were similar to and paralleled the terakoya or ' temple-school ' system of education which was more prominent in the major urban centers of the capital, Edo, and Osaka and Kyoto.

In the United States, which has not ratified Kyoto, and Australia, whose ratification came into force in March 2008, similar schemes are being considered.

Together with the similar festival at Tō-ji, a temple in the same city, they inspired the Kyoto proverb, " Fair weather at the Tōji market means rainy weather at the Tenjin market ," calling to mind Kyoto's fickle weather.

* Requiring increased reliance on non-greenhouse gas-emitting energy sources similar to the Kyoto Protocol.