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 September 2002, the Armenian government handed over Armenia ’ s largest cement factory to the Russian ITERA gas exporter in payment for its $ 10 million debt for past gas deliveries.

Students can win up to $ 10, 000 to make their innovative project, prototype, venture or community partnership ideas happen.

In Scotland, he gave $ 10 million in 1901 to establish the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

He gave a further $ 10 million in 1913 to endow the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, a grant-making foundation.

Beyond a gift of $ 10 million for peace promotion, Carnegie also encouraged the " scientific " investigation of the various causes of war, and the adoption of judicial methods that should eventually eliminate them.

In 2005, owner Arthur Blank's $ 10 million investment in the facility's upgrade gave the players a more relaxing environment and, introduced its players to a training-camp style unlike few in the NFL had seen before.

Walker paid Riddle US $ 10 million for the CAD technology.

A typical prosthetic limb costs in the range of $ 10, 000 – 15, 000 according to the American Diabetic Association.

It grossed $ 11. 503 million domestically and another $ 10 million outside the USA for a total worldwide gross of $ 21. 5 million.

Through speaking engagements and fundraisers, he was able to raise $ 10 million toward her campaign.

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.

In 1880, the French government awarded Bell the Volta Prize of 50, 000 francs ( approximately US $ 10, 000 at that time, about $ in current dollars ) for the invention of the telephone, which he used to found the Volta Laboratory, along with Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin Chichester Bell.

The award includes a cash prize of € 5, 000 and a Bluetooth Qualification Program voucher ( QDID ) valued at up to US $ 10, 000.

Ruth's 1919 contract that sent him from Boston to New York was sold at auction for $ 996, 000 at Sotheby's on June 10, 2005.

According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, the industry trade body, more than 450, 000 businesses transacted $ 10 billion globally in 2008 – and officials expect trade volume to grow by 15 % in 2009.

By the time the federal environmental clearances were delivered in 1994, A $ 10 million contract, signed off as a cost overrun, was used to repair these leaks.

It also provided seed financing for the New York Acquisition Fund, a $ 230 million initiative that aims to serve as a catalyst for the construction and preservation of more than 30, 000 units of affordable housing citywide over the next 10 years.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

For example, suppose at trial the judge found for the plaintiff and ordered the defendant to pay $ 50, 000.

If the defendant files an appeal arguing that he should not have to pay any money, then the plaintiff might file a cross-appeal arguing that the defendant should have to pay $ 200, 000 instead of $ 50, 000.

The Compact also includes a $ 146 million project to increase the productivity of approximately 250, 000 farm households through improved water supply, higher yields, higher-value crops, and a more competitive agricultural sector.

As of April 24, 2008, the average monthly salary is 75, 000 drams ( about $ 242 US dollars ).

About 62 % of officially registered wage earners earn at least the average monthly wage, while only 19. 6 % receive a monthly salary of over 100, 000 drams ( about $ 330 at the time ).

< li > An Apple I reportedly sold for $ 50, 000 USD at auction in 1999.

< li > A unit was sold in September 2009 for $ 17, 000 on eBay.

$ 5, 000 of further funding to complete the machine came from the nonprofit Research Corporation of New York City.

In 1997, a team of researchers led by John Gustafson from Ames Laboratory ( located on the Iowa State campus ) finished building a working replica of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer at a cost of $ 350, 000.

Shortly before his marriage, for example, his future father-in-law Colonel Joseph May helped him find a job teaching at a school in Boston run by the Society of Free Enquirers, followers of Robert Owen, for a lucrative $ 1, 000 to $ 1, 200 annual salary.

As Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures, he also attempted but failed to reduce by one-fifth all federal salaries over $ 1, 000.

The second provided amnesty for all insurgents except those holding property valued at $ 20, 000 or more ; it also appointed a provisional governor for North Carolina and authorized elections.

According to the historian David O. Stewart, Cornelius Wendell led an acquittal committee, which met in the Astor House in New York ; it collected a bribery fund of up to $ 150, 000 to influence Senators into voting for Johnson's acquittal.

Sen. Ross, who was the deciding vote in the Senate, reportedly received a bribe of $ 20, 000 to acquit Johnson.

Butler's investigation was tainted by the rumor that Butler paid Wendell $ 100, 000 to testify during the investigation, in order to expose the Astor House acquittal committee.

US $ 75, 000 ).

Carnegie once gave $ 25, 000 to Speaker of the House David B. Henderson to erect a library on the campus of Upper Iowa University in his name.

In 1864, Carnegie invested $ 40, 000 in Story Farm on Oil Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

In one year, the farm yielded over $ 1, 000, 000 in cash dividends, and petroleum from oil wells on the property sold profitably.

The show premiered on September 19, 1983 on CBS at 10: 30 AM ET ( 9: 30 CT / MT / PT ), replacing Child's Play, and placing it between The New $ 25, 000 Pyramid and The Price Is Right.

Others chose to air it at other times of the day, such as 12: 00 PM or ( in a few cases ) 9: 30 AM, preceding The $ 25, 000 Pyramid instead of following it.

ABC's daytime lineup became strong throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the soap operas General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Edge of Night ( which had moved to ABC from CBS in late 1975 ), All My Children, and Ryan's Hope, and the game shows The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, Let's Make a Deal, Split Second, The $ 20, 000 Pyramid and Family Feud.

The revival is of $ 100, 000 Pyramid, titled The Pyramid premiering

* Stewart Tele Enterprises ( excepting the 1970s Jackpot !, The $ 50, 000 Pyramid, shows owned by CBS Television Distribution, and the 1991 The $ 100, 000 Pyramid ( jointly owned by CTD and StudioCanal )): Jackpot !, Pass the Buck, Go, Chain Reaction, and the surviving Pyramid incarnations.

Farr appeared as a panelist on several game shows, including: The $ 25, 000 Pyramid, Super Password, The Gong Show, Body Language, Match Game, Hollywood Squares, Wordplay, The $ 1. 98 Beauty Show, The Magnificent Marble Machine, Tattletales and others.

Much of the limestone used in the construction of various Washington, D. C., monuments was quarried in the Bedford area, and Bedford received $ 500, 000 in grants from the federal government to build a ten-story replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza out of local limestone ; however, the work was never completed, despite a further $ 125, 000 being allocated to finish it.

When that series ended its six-season run in 1978, Wallace began three decades of television appearances as a game show panelist, on shows such as Hollywood Squares, Password Plus and its 1980s spin-off Super Password, Whew !, the 1980s version of Crosswits, Hot Potato, Body Language, The $ 25, 000 Pyramid, Double Talk, Win, Lose or Draw, To Tell the Truth and Match Game.

* March 26 – The $ 10, 000 Pyramid premieres on CBS with Dick Clark as host.

* May 6 – The $ 10, 000 Pyramid moves to ABC with Dick Clark as host.

* September 9 – The $ 25, 000 Pyramid premieres in syndication with host Bill Cullen ; basically The $ 10, 000 Pyramid with larger prizes.

Throughout the late ` 50s and most of the ` 60s, Clark's on-camera sidekick was announcer Charlie O ' Donnell, who later went on to announce Wheel of Fortune and other programs hosted or produced by Clark, such as The $ 100, 000 Pyramid.

Big-money jackpots remained on NBC from 1959-1961 on Jackpot Bowling ; however, more large jackpots returned permanently in 1973 with the success of The $ 10, 000 Pyramid and " Big Money " Match Game 73, both daytime shows on CBS.