In 2009, the North Carolina Department of Transportation began widening 1. 1 miles of U. S. 421 ( King Street ) to a four to six-lane divided highway with a raised concrete median from U. S. 321 ( Hardin Street ) to east of N. C. 194 ( Jefferson Road ), including a new entrance and exit to the new Watauga High School, at a cost of $ 16. 2 million.

The campaign raised more than $ 1. 4 billion from about 16, 000 donors.

Between 1984 and 1986, $ 34 million from third countries and $ 2. 7 million from private sources were raised this way.

Out of the $ 10 million raised, more than $ 1 million was spent on pro-contra publicity.

Over the course of his career he raised over US $ 5, 000, 000 in support of musicians pension funds.

The Four Freedoms Tour raised over $ 130, 000, 000 in war bond sales.

" His films soon established Capra as a " bankable " director known throughout the industry, and Cohn raised Capra's initial salary of $ 1, 000 per film to $ 25, 000 per year.

The school raised $ 142 million, $ 32 million more than its goal.

In 1953, he mortgaged his furniture, generating a bank loan of $ 600, and raised $ 8, 000 from 45 investors — including $ 1, 000 from his mother (" Not because she believed in the venture ," he told E!

In 2005, $ 9 million was raised to renovate the building and convert it into a museum.

It has raised over $ 2. 6 billion.

Aspin noted that in 11 years, the MDA Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon had raised more than $ 95 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Later that summer, as donations sharply declined in the wake of Bakker's resignation and the end of the Bakkers ' popular PTL Club TV show, Falwell raised $ 20 million to help keep the Heritage USA Theme Park solvent, including a well-publicized waterslide plunge there.

He set world records in power boat racing, and raised more than $ 1. 5 million for charities like the United States Olympic Team, Cystic Fibrosis and Juvenile Diabetes Foundations and the Statue of Liberty Restoration Fund through his race team.

* raised over $ 100, 000 for the Mars Society hosting a fundraiser banquet with James Cameron, May 5, 2001

* Oceania ( also known as " The Atlantis Project ", but unrelated to the 1970s project listed above ), another libertarian artificial island project that raised US $ 400, 000 before going bankrupt in 1994.

It was said, for example, that Milken raised $ 1 billion for MCI Communications, then an upstart provider of long-distance telephone services, in the space of one hour on the telephone.

These cartoon tributes raised over $ 50, 000 to benefit the 9 / 11 families. The art was featured and displayed in both nationally syndicated newspapers and museums across America, including the Newseum in Washington, DC, the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco and the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City.

" The game raised $ 100, 000 for the homeless, and is often credited with establishing the legitimacy of the professional game for those who were critical.

None of the issues Nader raised were problems among owners of the Porsche 911, which had the same layout and similar suspension, nor with the less powerful Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle.

The George-Barden Act of 1946 raised the previous increases in annual authorizations to $29 million in addition to the $7 million under the Smith Act.

-- President Kennedy today proposed a mammoth new medical care program whereby social security taxes on 70 million American workers would be raised to pay the hospital and some other medical bills of 14.2 million Americans over 65 who are covered by social security or railroad retirement programs.

He threw out some of Hutchins' more wildly experimental courses, raised sagging undergraduate enrollment to 2,100, nearly doubled endowment to $139.3 million.

It cut taxes for fifteen million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90 % of small businesses, and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1. 2 % of taxpayers.

She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewellery and many personal belongings.

* Bernie Ecclestone was involved in a political scandal when it transpired he had given the Labour Party a million pound donation-which raised eyebrows when the incoming Labour government changed its policy to allow Formula One to continue being sponsored by tobacco manufacturers.

Its first stock offering in 1613-1616 raised £ 418, 000, and its first offering in 1617-1622 raised £ 1. 6 million.

Since then, his efforts have raised more than £ 12 million for charity, with Leukaemia Research among the causes to benefit.

In June 2007 a Centre for Oncology at University Hospital Aintree was opened, after the charity had raised £ 1. 5 million.

The memorial was designed at a cost of $ 29 million, which was raised by public and private funds.

The spirit continued, and over the last 30 years Eagles Fly for Leukemia has raised over $ 10 million towards pediatric cancer research and family support.

Greenberg ( 1963 ) and others considered it a subgroup of Cushitic, while others have raised doubts about it being part of Afroasiatic at all ( e. g. Theil 2006 ).

A fatal accident raised safety questions and closed part of the project for most of the summer of 2006.

These issues have raised concerns among economists and unfunded liabilities were mentioned as a serious problem facing the United States in the President's 2006 State of the Union address.

After suffering defeat in the 2006 Queensland poll, Lawrence Springborg was replaced by Jeff Seeney, who indicated he was not interested in merging with the Liberal Party until the issue is seriously raised at a Federal level.

In 2006, Soderbergh raised eyebrows with Bubble, a $ 1. 6 million film featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors.

The concern over SETI was raised by the science journal Nature in an editorial in October 2006, which commented on a recent meeting of the International Academy of Astronautics SETI study group.

An example was the superinjunction raised in September 2009 by Carter-Ruck solicitors on behalf of oil trader Trafigura, prohibiting the reporting of an internal Trafigura report into the 2006 Côte d ' Ivoire toxic waste dump scandal.

The event has raised over $ 200 million in 27 shows for the fund through 2006.

Additionally, U. S. based private equity firms raised $ 215. 4 billion in investor commitments to 322 funds, surpassing the previous record set in 2000 by 22 % and 33 % higher than the 2005 fundraising total The following year, despite the onset of turmoil in the credit markets in the summer, saw yet another record year of fundraising with $ 302 billion of investor commitments to 415 funds Among the mega-buyouts completed during the 2006 to 2007 boom were: Equity Office Properties, HCA, Alliance Boots and TXU.

Dinh and Sales argued that the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 satisfies the Constitution ’ s Bicameralism and Presentment Clause, and therefore avoids the constitutional issues raised in the 1996 Act struck down by the Supreme Court.

Issues related to republicanism were raised by the March 2006 visit to Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.

* On 20 May 2006, a ceremony at the inauguration of the monument raised in memory of Emperor Bảo Đại

In January 2006, Dr Salah Al Jowder, an Asalah councillor in Muharraq discussed how the municipality would enforce a decree that would stipulate that all new buildings be fitted with one-way windows so that passersby would be unable to see residents within their homes ( after concerns were raised about peeping toms ).

Rapper Kanye West raised controversy when he appeared on the February 2006 cover of Rolling Stone wearing a crown of thorns.

On 23 June 2006, Plant was the headliner ( backed by Ian Hunter's band ) at the Benefit For Arthur Lee concert at New York's Beacon Theatre, a show which raised money for Lee's medical expenses from his bout with leukaemia.

In 2006, the Muslim community raised $ 3. 6 million to fund for a renovation and expansion project of the school.

The couple hosted Cheney at a private political fundraiser for Republican Senator Rick Santorum who was up for reelection in 2006 against former state treasurer Bob Casey, Jr. who was born and raised in Scranton, a city just north of Jackson Township.

A 2006 Ipsos-Reid poll found that 86 percent of Albertans felt that it raised the civic quality of life and considered it one of the region's most important cultural events.

Because of questions raised by the State of Nevada and Congressional members about the quality of the science behind Yucca Mountain, the Department of Energy announced on March 31, 2006 the selection of Oak Ridge Associated Universities / Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ( a not-for-profit consortium that includes 96 doctoral degree-granting institutions and 11 associate member universities ) to provide expert reviews of scientific and technical work on the Yucca Mountain Project.

The advertisement's imagery of shelter animals mixed with the soundtrack and McLachlan's simple appeal for donations has raised $ 30 million for the ASPCA since it began to air in 2006, which allowed the organization to air appeals in higher profile prime-time cable ad slots ; subsequently the organization produced a new ad for the 2008 holiday season featuring McLachlan appealing for the ASPCA over her Wintersong performance of " Silent Night ", and a new ad with her was released in January 2009 featuring the song " Answer ".

Suchet was raised without religion, but has been a practising Anglican since 1986, having been confirmed in 2006.

Before the 2006 elections the party announced that it intended to run for a third time, despite the threshold for representation having been raised to 2 %.

The first year was a big success but attendance was lower in 2006, doubts were raised about the festival's longevity and no festival was held in 2007.

The flag was raised on February 28, 2006 in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony.