The prize was an old-fashioned, woven cloth hammock, complete with cross-top pillow, fringed side pieces, and hooks for hanging.

`` The great Greek tragedies are concerned with man against Fate, not man against man for the prize of a woman's body.

and others in Buffalo, New York, Chautauqua, New Haven, Rochester, Rockport, and most recently, the $300 prize for a watercolor at the Laguna Beach Art Association,

He completed his training in pharmacy also, taking his degree with high honors in 1797, and in 1799 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy along with a prize for an essay in medicine.

Oersted remodeled Ritter's notes into an essay in French which was submitted to the Institut De France for its annual prize of 3,000 francs.

Each person votes for one of a pair of pictures to receive a popular prize.

As a matter of fact, we prize the diversity among our own people so much that we will not presume to speak for all other American artists.

Albert John Luthuli, awarded a Nobel prize for his South African integration struggles, has to get permission to fly to collect his honor.

Second grand prize of $5,000 went to Mrs. Clara L. Oliver for her Hawaiian coffee ring, a rich yeast bread with coconut filling and vanilla glaze.

I had studied with Burns ten years before, during the scholarship year the Manhattan gave me, along with the five-hundred-dollar prize for my paintings of bums on Hudson Street.

Bertha von Suttner was awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace prize, ' for her sincere peace activities '.

The first three of these prizes are awarded for eminence in physical science, in chemistry and in medical science or physiology ; the fourth is for literary work " in an ideal direction " and the fifth prize is to be given to the person or society that renders the greatest service to the cause of international fraternity, in the suppression or reduction of standing armies, or in the establishment or furtherance of peace congresses.

There is no prize awarded for mathematics, but see Abel Prize.

The formulation for the literary prize being given for a work " in an ideal direction " ( in Swedish ), is cryptic and has caused much confusion.

This interpretation has since been revised, and the prize has been awarded to, for example, Dario Fo and José Saramago, who do not belong to the camp of literary idealism.

However this leaves no prize for herself.

He is best known for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416.

In the funeral games at the pyre of Patroclus, he contended with Odysseus and Antilochus for the prize in the footrace ; but Athena, who was hostile towards him and favored Odysseus, made him stumble and fall, so that he won only the second prize.

* 1977 – The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.

The show featured eight a cappella groups from the United States and Puerto Rico vying for the prize of $ 100, 000 and a recording contract with Epic Records / Sony Music.

In 1962, Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and the award brought with it worldwide fame.

" When administration of the prize was transferred to the Booker Prize Foundation in 2002, the title sponsor became the investment company Man Group, which opted to retain " Booker " as part of the official title of the prize.

The prizes include but are not limited to any given championship belt ( the traditional prize ), a document granting the winner the right to a future title shot, or any document that matters to the wrestlers involved in the match.

To complicate matters, the style His Royal Highness, a prefix normally accompanying the title of a dynastic prince, of royal or imperial rank, that is, can be awarded separately ( as a compromise or consolation prize, in some sense ).

A prize court's formal condemnation was required to transfer title ; otherwise the vessel's previous owners might well reclaim her on her next voyage, and seek damages for the confiscated cargo.

" The prize poem became the title poem of Siegel's first volume, Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems, nominated for a National Book Award in 1958.

In September 1935, on the eve of Louis ' fight with the former title holder Max Baer, Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Povich expressed American hopes for the white contender ; " They say Baer will surpass himself in the knowledge that he is the lone white hope for the defense of Nordic superiority in the prize ring.

Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman published a book dedicated to attacking the theory, and Reaganomics, under the title " Peddling Prosperity ".

Together they wrote a book entitled The Cryptologist Looks at Shakespeare which won a prize from the Folger Library and was published under the title The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined.

He received numerous state awards both before and after the Zhdanov decree: for example, four Stalin prizes ( 1941, 1943, 1946 and 1950 ), one Lenin prize ( 1959 ), a USSR State Prize ( 1971 ), and the title of Hero of Socialist Labor ( 1973 ).

They shared a prize of 1 million tenge and a title of parents of Kazakhstan Tenge symbol .. It resembles the Japanese postal mark.

He gained a diploma from the faculty at Rheims in 1768 and later won a prize given by the Paris faculty, the title of Doctor-Regent.

One early prize fighter who fought under Marquess of Queensberry rules was Jem Mace, who won the English heavyweight title under these rules in 1861.

The prize winning Māori author, Keri Hulme, named her best known novel as The Bone People: a title linked directly to the dual meaning of the word ' iwi as both ' bone ' and ' people '.

The original series, The $ 10, 000 Pyramid, debuted March 26, 1973, and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series ( most with a full title format matching the original series, with the title reflecting the top prize increase from $ 10, 000 to $ 100, 000 over the years ).

The winner of the title of " Best In Show " receives a replica of the solid silver Keddall Memorial Trophy and a surprisingly small cash prize of £ 100 ($ 200 ).

Carmen Cordero walked away with the inaugural title, receiving a hibachi as his prize.

The title refers to Pin's secret hiding place, directions to which he touts as a prize to any adults who win his trust.

The first IPL season was held from April 18, 2008 to June 1, 2008 where underdogs Rajasthan Royals, led by Shane Warne, won the first title at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai Based on regional loyalties, the nine-team tournament brings a unique and popular team and play auction system hand-picking some of the best international players in the world and teaming them with Indian players, both domestic and international, in one arena. The total prize money for the IPL was $ 3 million

Later, prior to playing the bonus round, the winning team chose a scroll represented by one of the letters in the show's title ; the scrolls contained a cash amount of $ 500, $ 1, 000, or $ 5, 000, or a prize such as a Doncaster recliner, two Bulova watches, Mini Maid service for a year, a VCR, a 32 " television, or a trip to Acapulco, Mexico, or Cuba.

In addition to being the final event, the Monsoon Cup event also decides who will receive the ultimate prize of the World Match Racing Tour-The ISAF World Match Racing Champion title and trophy.

Although at the final leg of the race, the couple lost the one million dollar grand prize and " The Amazing Race 7 " winners ' title to married Uchenna & Joyce.