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Contestants are asked a wide variety of questions from all academic fields in two rounds. In the toss-up rounds, a question is asked to both teams and the first member to answer it correctly earns his or her team an opportunity to answer a bonus round question...
BONN -- Soldiers from Germany and the U.S. face similar risks in SOMALIA -- but German troops posted there are earning almost four times as much. Under a bill passed by the Bundestag in June, a German soldier serving in Somalia receives a hazardous-duty bonus of 100 deutsche marks a day (about $60). U.S. privates earn only about $150 a month in hazardous-duty pay. The average German soldier on a standard six-month stay in Somalia earns about $35,000 in pay and bonuses, in contrast to only about $9,000 for a U.S. private...
...both to the accused World Trade Center bombers and to members of the new ring. In fact Salem served for a time as Abdel Rahman's bodyguard. He is said to have turned informant partly for money (the FBI reportedly has recommended that he be given a $250,000 bonus for his help), but largely because he thought terrorist killings were betraying, not furthering, the cause of Islam and were likely to prompt a worldwide backlash against Muslims...
Morgan said he is enjoying the new environment and working hard. He won't say, however, what the Blue Jays paid him as a signing bonus. Morgan had an important bargaining chip: he could always return to Harvard in the fall, leaving the Toronto organization empty-handed...
...sources familiar with the case told The Crimson last month that Young had to resign because of what one called "ethical problems" detected by Manufacturers. As a result, he lost his Christmas bonus, which he would have earned if he had worked one more...