She was telling herself that this might just be her reward at the end of a long meaningful search for truth.

Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward, and he knew how to get at the dust in the china flowers and how to take down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier.

To forestall any change of allegiance, the Democrats hastily organised a testimonial banquet for O'Banion, as public reward for his past services and as a reminder of where his loyalties lay.

Others because they expected some sort of reward for the information.

The fire fighters association here offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the bombing.

Although they " were expecting to see activity in the brain's reward centers ", based on the idea that " people perform altruistic acts because they feel good about it ", what they found was that " another part of the brain was also involved, and it was quite sensitive to the difference between doing something for personal gain and doing it for someone else's gain ".

This suggests a link between circuits responsible for fear and also reward in anxious people.

Many religions, whether they believe in the soul's existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one's status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their conduct during life.

In most denominations, Heaven is a place of everlasting reward for the righteous to go after they die.

The Book of Enoch describes Sheol as divided into four compartments for four types of the dead: the faithful saints who await resurrection in Paradise, the merely virtuous who await their reward, the wicked who await punishment, and the wicked who have already been punished and will not be resurrected on Judgment Day.

In particular, the belief that heaven is a reward for good behavior is a common folk belief in Christian societies, even among members of churches which reject that belief.

Like Jehovah's Witnesses, Adventists use key phrases from the Bible, such as " For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten " ( Eccl.

This was generally done as a reward for some service to the state.

On Good Friday 1158, bishop Asser of Roskilde died, and Absalon was eventually elected bishop of Roskilde on Zealand with the help of Valdemar, as the king's reward for the Hvide family support.

Woodruff's sleeping car company, as a reward for holding shares that Woodruff had given to Scott and Thomson, as a payoff.

* 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.

Zimmerman, winner of a $ 10 million state lottery in 1988, immediately put up a $ 5, 000 reward for the perpetrators, told the press that “ Beavis and Butt-Head ” was responsible for the death, and started a letter-writing campaign against the show.

According to classical rabbinical sources, Benjamin was only born after Rachel had fasted for a long time, as a religious devotion with the hope of a new child as a reward.

After a long war Ishbaal is murdered hoping for reward from David, but David has them killed for killing God's anointed.

In the more recent series of the franchise, special instances have occurred whereby contestants are allowed to view televised events which are usually as a reward for winning a task.

Later when reunited with his father, Tex is given four magic feathers by Indian Chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his son, Makooya.

Butler's commanding officer, Major Littleton W. T. Waller, personally commended him and wrote that " for such reward as you may deem proper the following officers: Lieutenant Smedley D. Butler, for the admirable control of his men in all the fights of the week, for saving a wounded man at the risk of his own life, and under a very severe fire.

When the ClueFinders leave the rainforest by boat, as a reward for them for saving the rainforest, Dr. Pythagoras gives them LapTrap, who faints when he hears he'll be going on more dangerous adventures with them.

After the Glorious Revolution, Blood is pardoned, and as a reward for saving the colony of Jamaica from the French ends up as its governor.

A Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed in 1897 to investigate into allegations of mismanagement in the RNLI reported in its general conclusion, that ‘ the thanks of the whole community are due to the committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for the energy and good management ( often in very difficult circumstances ) with which they have for so many years successfully carried out the national work of life saving, and this without reward or payment of any sort .’

In this year a competition was launched to reward any inventor who could provide a craft for the purpose of saving lives from a shipwreck.

Those who hold this interpretation believe that her position as ancestress of the priestly caste was a reward for saving the Hebrew children.

Author John Vince considered the reward system ( saving humans ) and strategic elements as positive components.

In 1777 George III leased the site to Sir Richard Jebb his favourite doctor as a reward for saving the life of the King's younger brother, the then Duke of Gloucester.

Ironically, Gan Ning did not receive any reward from Huang for saving him at such a critical moment ; in contrast, the embarrassed Huang Zu even blamed Gan for the loss ( Huang blamed the loss as a result of Gan Ning's past as a pirate ).

* 1469 3 June – After the death of Alfonso de Castilla and the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, his son and heir Enrique de Guzman, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia changed side and in reward, saw the status of Gibraltar, as part of the domains of the Duke, confirmed by the Queen Isabella I of Castile.

As a reward for his act of faith in one God, he was promised that Isaac, his second son, would inherit the Land of Israel ( then called Canaan ).

Once King David was established, he told the prophet Nathan that he would like to build a permanent temple, and as a reward for his actions, God promised David that he would allow his son, Solomon, to build the first permanent temple and the throne would never depart from his children.

Njörðr responds that this was his reward when he was sent as a hostage to the Æsir, and that he fathered his son ( Freyr ), whom no one hates, and is considered a prince of the Æsir.

Leopold, who received the mark as a reward for his fidelity to the emperor Otto II during the Bavarian rising in 976, extended its area at the expense of the Hungarians, and was succeeded in 994 by his son Henry I. Henry, who continued his father's policy, was followed in 1018 by his brother Adalbert and in 1055 by his nephew, Ernest, whose marked loyalty to the emperors Henry II and Henry III was rewarded by many tokens of favour.

As a reward, Zhuang's son, Duke Xiang, was sent eastward as the leader of a war expedition, during which he formally established the Qin.

However, while Rado was confirmed as mayor in Austrasia and Warnachar in Burgundy, Pepin did not receive his reward until 623, when he was appointed mayor in Austrasia after Chlothar made his young son Dagobert king there.

Grant him reward for what he did for me, thy beloved son, the King of Upper-and Lower-Egypt, who has set a precept of worship inside the temple sanctuaries for all men, to the satisfaction of the gods.

The king offered a reward for anybody that could heal his son, who suffered from a strange malady.

The prince, Anaxagoras ' son, suffered from a strange malady and the king offered a reward for anybody that could heal him.

However, once Gossamer has friends she asks Daffy to stay away from her son despite all his hard work in helping Gossamer gain friends, although the tone she says this in is one that could suggest she was just annoyed by Daffy demanding a reward for helping Gossamer.

The most important additions to the royal collection were made by John II Casimir, a passionate collector of Dutch paintings, and a patron of Daniel Schultz ( who painted a famous portrait of a son of Crimean Aga Dedesh, and was made Royal falconer in reward for his father's contribution during the war with Russia in 1663 ).

King Charles, who had determined to bring up his son, the Duke of Richmond, like a prince, sought as his tutor a man as qualified as Wycherley to impart a " princely education ", and it seems clear that, if not for Wycherley's marriage, the education of the young man would actually have been entrusted to him as a reward for having written Love in a Wood.

His son, the 2nd Duke, was created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich in 1705 as a reward for his support for the Act of Union and further elevated to the title Duke of Greenwich in 1719.

Four victories and the son will attain his reward ," convinced the Detroit police to seek out Fard in connection with the murder.

The only adult Israelites allowed to survive these forty years and enter Canaan were Joshua and Caleb ( son of Jephunneh ), as a reward for their faith in God.

Since Horemheb remained childless, he appointed his Vizier, Paramesse as his chosen successor before his death both to reward Paramesse's loyalty and because the latter had both a son and grandson to secure Egypt's royal succession.

In 819 CE, Ahmad ibn Asad -- son of Asad ibn Saman -- was granted authority over the city of Fergana by Caliph Al-Ma ' mun's governor of Khorasan, Ghassan ibn ' Abbad, as a reward for his support against the rebel Rafi ' ibn Laith.

The new IPP members of the committee included MP Joseph Devlin and Redmond's son William, but were mostly composed of insignificant figures, believed to have been appointed as a reward for party loyalty.

As a reward for this sacrifice, Allah then granted Abraham the good news of the birth of his second son, Is-haaq ( Isaac ):

To reward the explorers for their efforts, Venus prepares an island for them to rest on and asks her son Cupid to inspire Nereids with desire for them.

In 1692, the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, elevated George's son, Duke Ernest Augustus to the rank of Elector of the Empire as a reward for aid given in the War of the Grand Alliance.

Although this proposal caused a massive outcry at the time for seeming to reward the theft of public funds, it was subsequently rejected by the late dictator's son, Mohammed Abacha, who continues to maintain that all the assets in question were legitimately acquired.