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The possibility of receiving an award also produces a state of hope—a state that is in itself psychologically rewarding.

The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting, says Reimann.

People prefer certainty awards to possible awards.

One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards, says Reimann.

Kids preferred an award in the form of money to one in the form of a toy.

Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

"The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.

Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in defensive medicine by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued.

It's possible to admire Oprah Winfrey and still wish Harvard hadn't awarded her an honorary doctor of law degree and the commencement(畢業(yè)典禮)speaker spot at yesterday's graduation.

Monsanto accused Bowman of patent infringement and won an $84,456 damage award

In addition, almost all of the 532 billion the federal government provides for university research is awarded competitively.

One photo showed him at an award ceremony, where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local baseball team.

Question 14: For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?

A 90-year-old has been awarded "woman of the year" for being Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week.

And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction.

Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends and praise their accomplishments.

Featuring adaptations from Chinese and western classic, including works from Chinese academy award - winning composer Tan Dun.

For example, she received the 2007 Brick Award recognizing the efforts of young people to change the world.

Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award.

He is the first Chinese citizen to win this award.

It provides awards for running new businesses.

It would deserve an award if it weren't for its last part.

Picking up her "lifetime achievement" award, proud Irene declared she had no plans to retire from her 36-year-old business.

Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

Summer company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to $3, 000 to start and run their own summer businesses.

The gold medal will be awarded to whoever wins the first place in the bicycle race.

The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the original.

Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year.

When most people think of the arts, they imagine the end product, the beautiful painting, a wonderful piece of music, or an award-winning performance in the theater.

But fewer students want to study humanities subjects: English departments awarded more bachelor’s degrees in 1970-1971 than they did 20 years later.

The new awards are an exercise in self-promotion for those behind them, say scientists.

The US$3-million Fundamental Physics Prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year’s award in March.

As much as some scientists may complain about the new awards, two things seem clear.

As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years.

A group of labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture" award.

A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.

Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sough-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and liverpool in 2008.

The US$3-million Fundamental Physics Prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year's award in March.