The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges ' scorecards at the end of the contest.

The franchise then held a naming contest to publicize the team, promising a $ 1, 000 war bond to the winner.

During the 2005 Conservative leadership contest, eventual winner David Cameron pledged to withdraw the Conservatives from the EPP-ED coalition, while opponent David Davis argued in a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph that the current ED arrangement allowed the Conservatives to maintain suitable distance from EPP while still having influence in the largest parliamentary grouping.

The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called Red Arone, which superficially resembled both Ultraman and Mazinger Z.

Godzilla vs. Biollante began as a winner of a contest by Toho.

According to Gandhi's autobiography, the contest winner was Maganlal Gandhi ( presumably no relation ), who submitted the entry ' sadagraha ', which Gandhi then modified to ' satyagraha '.

Submitted in a command-wide contest, it was chosen as the winner by a three judge panel: General Curtis E. LeMay, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; General Thomas S. Power, Vice Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; and Brigadier General AW Kissner, Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command.

Ahead of the 1996 primary contest, Senate majority leader and former vice-presidential nominee Bob Dole was seen as the most likely winner.

The première of Cavalleria rusticana, winner of the Sonzogno contest, was held May 17 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.

Viewers in the U. S. made slime and water sounds with their mouths and sending in their own entries for the Slime-In, a contest hosted by Nickelodeon that flew the winner to the set of You Can't Do That On Television to be slimed ( which was later replicated by Canada's YTV, with their version being called the Slime Light Sweepstakes ).

Heinlein was motivated to write the story by a contest in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine promising $ 50 US to the winner, but ended up submitting it to a rival magazine, Astounding, and was paid $ 70 ( approximately $ 1085 in 2008 ).

At the close of the October – November 1985 contest, that episode's in-studio winner drew a card from a bowl containing the names of each of the 75 at-home participants featured over the five-week period.

The winner of a contest between two players gains a certain number of points in his or her rating and the losing player loses the same amount.

In the contest between Apollo and Marsyas, the terms stated that the winner could treat the defeated party any way he wanted.

Eurytus broke his promise to give the royal daughter to the winner of the archery contest.

* Chrysothemis, the first winner of the oldest contest held at the Pythian Games, the singing of a hymn to Apollo.

Next, he fought with great Ajax in an armed sparring contest where the winner was to draw blood first.

He was the second winner of the most ancient singing contest at Delphi, after Chrysothemis and before his son Thamyris.

* Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.

Her name is on the cast list among the other stars, usually tagged " Brewster magazine beauty contest winner " and sometimes even with a picture.

In June 1929 nearly 100 residents attended a meeting and decided to apply for their own post office and to state a “ name contest ” in which the winner was paid $ 10.

In 1900, the Disciples of Christ held a nationwide contest to name the proposed community, the winner to receive an oceanside lot there.

There is also a beauty contest for different age groups where the winner is crowned Miss and Little Miss Swine Time.

* Chris Holloway, winner of the best beard contest of Central Massachusetts

Boldfaced names indicate the ultimate nationwide winner of each contest:

The confusion may stem from the fact that Major League Baseball did decide that, should the Cubs make it to the World Series, the American League winner would have home field advantage unless the Cubs hosted home games at an alternate site since the Cubs home field of Wrigley Field did not yet have lights.

He firmly declined all of the offers and many believed he was foregoing his only opportunity to be president ; Thomas E. Dewey was considered the other probable winner, would presumably serve two terms, and Eisenhower, at age 66 in 1956, would then be too old.

Then, not long before the finish, the Automobile Club de l ' Ouest ( ACO ), organizers of the Le Mans event, informed Ford that the geographical difference in starting positions would be taken into account at a close finish – meaning that the McLaren / Amon vehicle, which had started perhaps behind the Hulme-Miles car, would have covered slightly more ground over the 24 hours and would therefore be the winner.

If all these possible keno tickets were laid end to end, they would span the Milky Way galaxy — and only one of them would be a winner.

That set up a one-game showdown with the San Jose Earthquakes the winner would advance to the 2003 MLS Cup.

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

An unseen card that would improve a drawing hand to a likely winner is an out.

For example, by ensuring that the team would be able to select Robert Griffin III of Baylor University in the 2012 draft, the Washington Redskins likely became more attractive for free agents who wished to play with the Heisman Trophy winner.

Advocates of Condorcet methods argue that a candidate can claim to have majority support only if they are the " Condorcet winner " – that is, the candidate who would beat every other candidate in a series of one-on-one elections.

The three division winners from each conference would be ranked first through third and be given a week off, and two wild card teams from each conference, seeded fourth and fifth, would play a playoff game with the winner going on to play the first seeded team ( or, if they were in the same division, the second seed ).

It was the first Super Bowl with a true heavyweight title-fight feel, given the Steelers ' and Cowboys ' unquestioned status as the two best teams in the NFL, and the honor of the first three-time Super Bowl champion that would go to the winner.

In July 2010, it was announced that the winner of the 2010 Main Event would receive just under US $ 9 million.

The Congress then passed a bill establishing the Electoral Commission, which would determine the winner once and for all.

Some Condorcet methods may have other kinds of ties ; for example, it would not be rare for two or more candidates to win the same number of pairings, when there is no Condorcet winner.

winner at the finish line, both would be called instrumentation.

The show's winner, which ended up being a male-female rap duo, was promised a record deal and funding to produce a music video, which would then enter MTV's heavy rotation.

According to the Chilean Constitution of the time, if no presidential candidate obtained a majority of the popular vote, Congress would choose one of the two candidates with the highest number of votes as the winner.

The winner would win £ 5, 000.

A number of other players mounted on broomsticks would attempt to pierce the bladder, with the first who successfully did so being declared the winner ; the goalkeeper could attempt to hex the other players ; if nobody was able to pierce the bladder, the goalkeeper won.