Sentences with phrase «power of its prize money»

This wasn't the Nobel prize, of course; it was a few steps down, a defiant stepchild that had enhanced its reputation over time by the sheer power of its prize money, which this year was the equivalent of $ 525,000.

Not exact matches

Palmer made off with the prize money by combining the boldness of a Brinks bandit with the fearless confidence of a man on a flying trapeze, seeming to order the ball through sheer will power to get into the hole.

The awards cover a wide range of subjects within the political sphere, with prize money generously donated by Lord Ashcroft and sponsor Paddy Power.

According to published reports, in addition to raising money for Education Reform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management.)

The Blitz tournament is a double elimination one with $ 10,000 in prize money, the Critical Ops will see two teams of five competing for the same amount of prize money, and Power Rangers will see players across North America compete for, again, a share of $ 10,000.

Without the prize of grant money and the truly intoxicating chance at regulatory power, this would be just one more feud in the faculty lounge.

Although the U of T team did not win the top prize of for ROSS — which was $ 100 000 in seed money for a start - up business application power by Watson — IBM was so impressed with the work of the U of T teams that IBM granted the students continued access to Watson Developer Cloud.