For example, if an author is paid a modest advance of $ 2000. 00, and their royalty rate is 10 % of a book priced at $ 20. 00-that is, $ 2. 00 per book-the book will need to sell 1000 copies before any further payment will be made.

In 1855, Scott made it possible for Carnegie to invest $ 500 in the Adams Express, which contracted with the Pennsylvania to carry its messengers.

He also made several contacts among the Native American tribes in the area, at one point negotiating an $ 800, 000 settlement between the Creeks and other tribes and the federal government.

In January 2009 Aon was fined £ 5. 25 million in the UK after it made more than $ 7 million worth of " suspicious " payments to overseas firms and individuals.

According to the SEC, Aon ’ s subsidiaries made improper payments of over $ 3. 6 million to government officials and third party facilitators in Costa Rica, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and Bangladesh, between 1983 and 2007, in order to obtain and retain insurance contracts.

213 kg of amphetamine worth 40 million AED ( Nearly $ 11 million ) was seized by the United Arab Emirate Drug combat authorities on 30 November 2011 from an Iranian ship that was supposed to deliver the consignment in Malaysia and made a port stop in Sharjah.

The new packaging made the Lynx available without any accessories, dropping the price to $ 99.

Each of the six one-minute rounds recorded by the Kinetograph was made available to exhibitors for $ 22. 50.

Selig made $ 14. 5 million in the 12-month period ending October 31, 2005.

A consumer proposal can only be made by a debtor with debts to a maximum of $ 250, 000 ( not including the mortgage on their principal residence ).

Bacardi acquired the Cazadores blue agave tequila brand in 2002 and in 2004 purchased Grey Goose, a French made vodka, from Sidney Frank for $ 2 billion.

At a cost of almost $ 1, 000, 000, Chaplin felt it was the best film he had made to that point.

The place bets on the outside numbers ( 4, 5, 9, 10 ) should be made in units of $ 5, ( on a $ 5 minimum table ), in order to receive the correct exact payout of $ 5 paying $ 7 or $ 5 paying $ 9.

The place bets on the 6 & 8 should be made in units of $ 6, ( on a $ 5 minimum table ), in order to receive the correct exact payout of $ 6 paying $ 7.

Although previous big-name pitchers, including Bill Swift, Bret Saberhagen, and Darryl Kile, had struggled in Colorado, following the 2000 season O ' Dowd made two very splashy signings in the free-agent market, signing Denny Neagle to a five-year contract worth $ 51 million, followed five days later by signing Mike Hampton to an eight-year, $ 121 million contract.

Samuel Colt received a British patent for his revolver in 1835 and an American patent ( number 138 ) on February 25, 1836 for a Revolving gun, and made the first production model on March 5 of that year.

* c. 130 – 138 – Hadrian Hunting Boar and Sacrificing to Apollo, sculptural reliefs on the Arch of Constantine, Rome, are made.

* c. 130 – 138 – Antinous, from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Italy, is made.

In 1939, the population of Częstochowa was 138, 000, which made it the 8th largest city of Poland.

It took the form of a massive glass house, 1851 feet ( about 564 metres ) long by 454 feet ( about 138 metres ) wide and was constructed from cast iron-frame components and glass made almost exclusively in Birmingham and Smethwick.

138 households ( 23. 5 %) were made up of individuals and 74 ( 12. 6 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 6, 553 households, out of which 2, 361 ( 36, 0 %) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 4, 673 ( 71, 3 %) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 370 ( 5, 6 %) had a female householder with no husband present, 159 ( 2, 4 %) had a male householder with no wife present, There were 138 ( 2, 1 %) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 58 ( 0, 9 %) same-sex married couples or partnerships, 1, 127 households ( 17, 2 %) were made up of individuals and 695 ( 10, 6 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, The average household size was 2, 69, There were 5, 202 families ( 79, 4 % of all households ); the average family size was 3, 03,

388 households ( 18. 3 %) were made up of individuals and 138 ( 6. 5 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

138 households ( 13. 1 %) were made up of individuals and 78 ( 7. 4 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

445 households ( 13. 6 %) were made up of individuals and 138 ( 4. 2 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Since June 1, the Eleventh Air Force has made 1, 454 sorties against Kiska, dropping 1, 255 tons ( 1, 138, 529 kg ) of bombs.

Only 2, 138 were made over four years.

The following is according to a Dr. Malcolm McPhail " who became involved in a sideline that Alan took up " ( p. 137 )); Turing built his own relays and " actually designed an electric multiplier and built the first three or four stages to see if it could be made to work " ( p. 138 ).

The city of Valledupar is made up 6 comunas subdivided into 138 barrios and Districts.

Ellsworth became interested in Colt's invention, and in 1836 made the decision to issue Colt U. S. Patent No. 138.

In 1831 he exhibited much larger statues, Tiger Devouring a Gavial Crocodile which was a plaster sculpture 41 cm high and 103 cm long, and Lion Crushing a Serpent, 138 cm high and 178 cm long, made in bronze.

He holds the World Record 8th wicket stand in ODI cricket of 138 with Justin Kemp, made against India in November 2006.

Blessed with formidable skills and scoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's " Golden Generation ", collecting 138 caps and scoring 35 goals all categories comprised ( 81 / 23 for the senior team alone ), and representing the country in one World Cup and two European Championships.

He made 138 and South Africa 501 / 7 after winning the toss.

He made his Test match debut against the South Africans at Headingley in 1951, scoring 138, and was then a regular England player until forced out by illness at the end of the 1950s.

It also featured the same Sirius II 4-cylinder which at the time made 138 hp ( 111 kW ), 157 lb · ft ( 213 N · m ) of torque.

In the 2002 season he made 138 receptions, the second highest in NCAA history.

* Marsh's best Test batting score of 138 was made against England, Nottingham, 1989

He continued to play for Woodlands and made a total of 138 appearances for the Rams until his retirement in early 2007.

Each track was made up of 90 stamped links, each link of 608 mm width.

There were 2, 608 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42. 5 % of the workforce.

The participants made a measurement of the astronomical unit ( AU ) of 149 608 708 km ± 11 835 km which had only a 0. 007 % difference to the accepted value.

When the Catholicos Gregorius died a few years later in 608, the bishops made the usual request to the king to allow them to elect a new Catholicos, but Khosrau had not forgotten the events of the previous election and refused them leave to do so.

As of May 2012, Columbia is made up of four SGI Altix 4700 nodes over 40 racks, containing Intel Itanium 2 Montecito and Montvale processors to make up a total of 4, 608 cores with a theoretical peak of 30 teraflops and total memory of 9 terabytes.

The film made $ 6, 608, 244 during its opening weekend.