The two placed a pair of gloves down on center ice, and Mr. Martin executed tight, figure-eight turns while shifting weight between inside and outer skates.
He set up a number of challenges (three of which have since been claimed) each with a financial reward reflecting their difficulty: The first to fly a figure-eight course around two markers half a mile apart, the first to fly from England to France and a world speed challenge.
MacCready took on the first Kremer prize -- for flying a figure eight -- in 1977 with his Gossamer Condor craft.
The hosts' value is similarly evidenced by their lengthy contracts and seven- to eight-figure salaries.
Even the well off must shine (absent a seven- or eight-figure contribution to their kid's first-choice school): Their SAT and ACT scores must be in the superior range if they are to avoid the triage performed by the most selective colleges, inundated as they are with applications.
After an enthralling race on Suzuka's figure-of-eight circuit, Vettel joined the list of champions, which includes Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Damon Hill, who have been crowned in Japan and becomes only the ninth driver to take back-to-back titles.
Ross has handled a variety of off-market transactions including an eight-figure exclusive sale last year.
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It has the potential to be the second biggest non-heavyweight fight ever on pay-per-view and the biggest score yet for Mayweather in a career of eight-figure paydays.
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You might think that the EV-DO technology path has seen better days, what with carriers like Bell and Telus defecting for HSPA and others prepping to pull the plug altogether -- but really, it might take nothing more than one massive, eight-figure subscriber deployment of a next-gen EV-DO network to get things up and running again.
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This is still a team that dispenses eight-figure salaries as if tipping a coat check.
Carrey and DiCaprio are two of about 25 celebrities looking to offload eight-figure homes right now.
The JPMorgan execs were making money for the firm hand over fist and racking up eight-figure bonuses for themselves.
The Yankees and Red Sox had the cash, the allure, the eight-figure contracts stacked like chips on green fabric.
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We'll assume that you are not counting on an eight-figure inheritance and that you're looking to build your own wealth.
This little yacht haven has a dense population of eight-figure investment portfolios, to judge from the interest and dividend income reported there.
Pallavi Dean is a startling figure on a building site - eight and a half months pregnant, wearing a shiny, pink, hard hat.
Welcome to the new landscape of college sports, where billionaire boosters and eight-figure payouts cause universities to abandon rivalries decades in the making.
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Now it's hard to feel a frenzy of empathy for a man who admits he fails to warrant eight-figure salary that he solicited and signed.
Michelle Wie, the former phenom who made the cut at a U.S. Women's Open at 13, turned pro at 15 and signed eight-figure endorsement deals, is a prime example.
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McIlroy, Tiger Woods and possibly Phil Mickelson are almost certainly the only pros in the eight-figure range for equipment deals, according to an industry person who talked on the condition of anonymity.
The increased value of rookie contracts since that time the top picks in tonight's class will get eight-figure deals has only made it more imperative for teams to get it right when picking early on in the draft.
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Taking stock instead of money for from a startup can pay off: New York Mets star David Wright reportedly took home an eight-figure haul for his endorsement of Vitamin Water after the startup was bought by Coca-Cola.
Among these were: an entrepreneur who had just sold her business for an eight-figure sum, the managing director of an investment bank, a U.S. manager of an international hotel chain, a publishing executive, the owner of a catering firm, and a specialist on military affairs in the Middle East who works at the UN.
Other All Stars deserving of their eight-figure pay packages: The Mets' David Wright, who's rebounded from a tough start to knock in 64 runs while batting .317 in leading the surprising Mets to within two games of the National League East-leading Braves, and Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford, who's gearing up for free agency with a .320 batting average and 29 stolen bases.
How can we really blame a poorly educated woman for wanting a free cellphone when lobbyists secure seven-, eight-, nine-, and ten-figure favors from their cronies in government?
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The hard part is integrating new media in everything the organization does, using it to transform volunteer recruitment or open a new eight- and nine-figure revenue stream.
The figure they came up with was eight hundred and thirty-nine billion dollars.
It is difficult to figure out why Clarence Thomas went along with his eight academically-steeped brothers and sisters on the Court.
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