In some rounds, the game resulted in the volunteers winning money for themselves, and in others it resulted in money being donated to a charity of the volunteer's choice.

If playing an opponent not using a tablebase, such a choice will give good chances of winning within fifty moves.

Originally, the new team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, but a name-the-team contest yielded " Hornets " as the winning choice.

The winning choice was Nuggets, in honor of the original Nuggets team who played in Denver from 1948 – 50, the last year as a charter member of the NBA.

After being seen in Bergman's Academy Award – winning films and having been first choice for the title role of Dr. No, von Sydow finally went to America after agreeing to star in the film which led to much greater recognition, in the role of Jesus in George Stevens'all-star epic The Greatest Story Ever Told ( 1965 ).

The winning team may get first choice to pick a prize from a range on offer.

In order to prevent the CCF from winning in a three party competition, the government introduced instant-runoff voting, with the expectation that Conservative voters would list the Liberals as their second choice and vice versa.

The British choice of green is partly due to the event being held in Ireland, which at the time is part of the UK, and to precedent as the winning Napier of 1902 had been painted olive green.

He had a short stint as first choice goalkeeper for Manchester United as they signed the French World Cup winning goalkeeper, Fabien Barthez, in the 2000 close season.

Non-PGA Tour members who win the U. S. Open have the choice of joining the PGA Tour either within 60 days of winning, or prior to the beginning of any one of the next five tour seasons.

He said that he had no choice but to suspend them, even though this action likely cost the White Sox any chance of winning that year's American League pennant.

During the 1972 provincial general election he predicted that Bennett would resign soon after winning the election, accused the premier of being " an old man who doesn't understand what is happening with the young people of this province ", claimed the cabinet was " filled with square pegs in round holes ", and stated " I'm the only real choice for the job.

Each team may wear its first choice kit ; however, if these clash the previous year's Europa League winning team must wear an alternative color.

Allan was reckoned the most influential capitalist in 1870s Canada, and having staved off American interest in the Pacific Railway, he was the logical choice for winning the contract.

The panel ’ s first choice of Nobel Prize winning immunologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet gained general approval.

Coupled with the 1983 season of 11 consecutive wins, BYU finished the 1984 season with a 24 game winning streak and was a near-unanimous choice as national champion in final polls.

After winning victories at the battle of Wilson's Creek, and the siege of Lexington, Missouri, the secessionist forces had little choice but to retreat again to Southwestern Missouri, as Union reinforcements arrived.

He had no choice but to join the winning side.

The campaign was committed to winning more jobs for Londoners, leading to The Times claiming, based on multiple choice results from a website run by New Statesman: " if Londoners elected a mayor purely on how his or her policies match the electors ' views [...] the winner would be Ram Gidoomal .".

He also anticipated that after winning the war, other nations would have no choice but to send their athletes to Germany every time the Olympic games were held.

Played in the normal format with Miss USA contestants, with the winning contestant keeping $ 25, 000 and giving $ 25, 000 to a charity of their choice.

* Prise ( take ) or petite ( small ): if this is the winning bid the taker adds the " dog " to his hand, then confidentially sets aside a same number of cards of his choice, to bring his hand back to normal size before play begins.

After winning a bid, a player is often faced with the choice of calling a high trump card, or a high card of another suit to be his or her partner.

Anderson's hopes of winning his place back in the 1990 – 91 season were crushed when Ferguson paid Oldham Athletic £ 625, 000 for Denis Irwin, who quickly established himself as the first choice right-back, while Ince switched back to central midfield.

It was, of course, a little boy's fantasy of winning his mother to himself, and replacing the father who could not give her the things she wanted -- a classical oedipal fantasy if you like -- but if it were only this the story would be banal.

The issue was settled on shore, Greene winning and Wilson remaining ashore, determined to catch the next fishing boat back to England.

Thus at the same time that William Henry Harrison was preparing to pacify the aborigines of Indiana Territory and winning fame at the battle of Tippecanoe, Anglo-Saxon settlement made a great leap into the center of the North American continent to the west of the American agricultural frontier.

Then Heywood Sullivan, Kansas City catcher, singled up the middle and Throneberry was across with what proved to be the winning run.

She was moving up to the allowance department after winning a $10,000 claiming event.

It was the first time we've been ahead this season ( when John Richey kicked what proved to be the winning field goal ) ''.

It was Nischwitz' third straight victory of the new season and ran the Grizzlies' winning streak to four straight.

Turnout was 82. 2 percent, with Lincoln winning the free Northern states, as well as California and Oregon.

Alumni was the most successful team in the amateur era of Argentine football, winning 10 of the 14 league championships contested, being considered the first great football team.

Under instructions from the emperor, he undertook an invasion of southern Scotland, winning some significant victories, and constructing the Antonine Wall from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, although it was soon abandoned for reasons that are still not quite clear.

In his first and last speech in the Senate, Johnson spoke eloquently in opposition to Grant's military intervention between rival governments in Louisiana, when the gubernatorial election was disputed and Democratic supporters ousted the winning Republican side with armed force in New Orleans.

It was a four-time winner of the Charles Roberts / Origins Award, winning " Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine " in 1984, " Best Amateur Game Magazine " in 1999, and " Best Amateur Game Periodical " in 2000 and 2001.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

By 473 BC, after the death of Phrynichus, one of his chief rivals, Aeschylus was the yearly favorite in the Dionysia, winning first prize in nearly every competition.

Their return was blocked, and they resolved to march on Athens, where the Long Walls were not yet completed, winning a victory at the Battle of Tanagra.

The 1971 season was their first with a winning record.

By 1987 Ethernet was clearly winning the standards battle over Token Ring, and in the middle of that year Apple introduced EtherTalk 1. 0 for the newly released Macintosh II computer.

First prize was a pair of lifetime season tickets awarded to the person who submitted the winning entry.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning, Washington Post photographer Carol Guzy was detained by police and arrested on April 15, and two journalists for the Associated Press also reported being struck by police with batons.

The Amir had scarcely suppressed it by winning a desperate battle when Abdur Rahman's reappearance in the north was a signal for a mutiny of the troops stationed in those parts and a gathering of armed bands to his standard.

After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.

Other highlights of that decade included the 1942 debut of Fearless Fosdick as Abner's " ideel " ( hero ); the 1946 Lena the Hyena Contest, in which a hideous Lower Slobbovian gal was ultimately revealed in the harrowing winning entry ( as judged by Frank Sinatra, Boris Karloff and Salvador Dalí ) drawn by noted cartoonist Basil Wolverton ; and an ill-fated Sunday parody of Gone With the Wind that aroused anger and legal threats from author Margaret Mitchell, and led to a printed apology within the strip.

He was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band's saxophone section.

* SV — Save: number of games where the pitcher enters a game led by the pitcher's team, finishes the game without surrendering the lead, is not the winning pitcher, and either ( a ) the lead was three runs or fewer when the pitcher entered the game ; ( b ) the potential tying run was on base, at bat, or on deck ; or ( c ) the pitcher pitched three or more innings