Announcing the new award, the King said: " In order that they should be worthily and promptly recognised, I have decided to create, at once, a new mark of honour for men and women in all walks of civilian life.

Announcing the new award, the King said:

Announcing the award, Douglas Hurd, the former British Foreign Secretary who served as the chairman of the five-judge panel, called McEwan's novel " a sardonic and wise examination of the morals and culture of our time.

Announcing that he had deposed both the government and the President, Speight swore in serving ruling government member, Timoci Silatolu as Prime Minister by Ratu Jope Seniloli, whom he proclaimed President in place of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.

Announcing the appointment, President Bush said, “ The United States and Mexico share not only a border, but a rich history of common economic and cultural interests.

Announcing the delay, the Manchester Observer reported that the intention of the meeting was " to take into consideration the most speedy and effectual mode of obtaining Radical reform in the Common House of Parliament " and " to consider the propriety of the ' Unrepresented Inhabitants of Manchester ' electing a person to represent them in Parliament ".

Announcing a £ 250, 000 fund for an investigative journalism training scheme, Channel Four said in November 2011 that there had been a decline in the pool of investigative journalism since " the demise of training grounds such as World in Action ".

Announcing Khan ’ s resignation from the Charity Commission, Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, said: “ Charities have a critical role to play in the Big Society and the Charity Commission, as the independent regulator has the important job of supervising the sector and preserving public confidence in charities .”

Announcing his support he said Alex Salmond and the SNP deserved a second term in office.

Announcing the birth, Ne-Yo said of his first child, " I've been in love before but this feels like nothing I've ever felt ... Like I'm in love for the first time.

Announcing his company's purchase of the film, the head of Magnolia Pictures said in a press release, " As the 2012 apocalypse is upon us, it is time to prepare for a cinematic last supper.

Announcing the UK ’ s ban in 1986, the British Home Secretary said: " his is a matter of morality.

Announcing his decision, Truman restated his support for the candidacy of Symington and added, " I have no second choice ".

Xuanwumen literally means " Announcing Noon Gate ".

In December 2000, US President Bill Clinton awarded Engelbart the National Medal of Technology, the United States ' highest technology award.

That the founder of genre science fiction who gave his name to the field's most prestigious award and who was the Guest of Honor at the 1952 Worldcon was pretty much a crook ( and a contemptuous crook who stiffed his writers but paid himself $ 100K a year as President of Gernsback Publications ) has been clearly established.

President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 26, 1984, and on March 2, 2005, President George W. Bush gave Robinson's widow the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress ; Robinson was only the second baseball player to receive the award, after Roberto Clemente.

alt = Black woman holding aloft award presented by President George W. Bush and two other dignitaries

An Act of Congress ( Public Law 671 — 77th Congress, Chapter 508, 2d Session ) on July 20, 1942, established the Legion of Merit and provided that the medal " shall have suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, and which the President, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may award to

Executive Order 9260, dated October 29, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, established the rules for the Legion of Merit and required the President's approval for the award.

On January 1, 2006 he received the Grand Officer award from President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is — along with the

On 3 December 1963, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States ' highest civilian award, in recognition of the good relationship between Pope John and the United States.

This is the highest award the President of the United States can bestow upon individuals and groups for pioneering new technologies, and the President dispenses the award at his discretion.

Also in 1961, the year of her father's death, Rudolph won the James E. Sullivan Award, an award for the top amateur athlete in the United States, and visited President John F. Kennedy.

While the Pacific Railroad Act was to award the eastern contract to the newly formed Union Pacific, it was left up to then President Lincoln to formally choose the location for the railroad to start and Lincoln in 1862 was to follow the advice of his former client.

* The President of France gives award to Russian air regiment " Normandia-Neman "- Lenta. Ru News agency-in Russian

The founding director of CBS News, Paul White, for whom the top award given by the broadcast news directors organization Radio Television Digital News Association ( RTDNA ) is named, Kent Cooper, who later became the longtime GM of rival Associated Press, early ABC News president Elmer Lower, Raymond Clapper, originator of the term " smoked-filled room ", Merriman Smith, Helen Thomas, Marie Colvin, Martha Gellhorn, Kate Webb, Henry Tilton Gorrell, Seymour Hersh, Lucien Carr, Neil Sheehan, Brit Hume, Keith Olbermann, New York Times columnists Thomas Friedman and Gail Collins, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, sportswriter and Untouchables co-author Oscar Fraley, author H. Allen Smith, military author Joe Galloway, Saigon evacuation photographer Hubert van Es, photographer Stan Stearns, 1970s White House photographer David Hume Kennerly, White House spokesmen George Reedy, Ron Nessen and Larry Speakes, longtime Las Vegas bureau manager Myram Borders, onetime CIA Director Richard Helms, who interviewed Adolf Hitler for United Press during the 1936 Olympics, diplomat Edward M. Korry, former UP correspondent to Moscow Eugene Lyons, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, ex-Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, 1980's-90's Singapore President Wee Kim Wee and novelists Allen Drury, Tony Hillerman and Daniel Silva.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan presented him with the Kennedy Center honors award, a national tribute for life achievement in the arts.

The President also makes decisions on the award of state distinctions and orders.

The award is only given to " those who have made monumental and lasting contributions to the cause of freedom worldwide ," and who " embody President Reagan's lifelong belief that one man or woman truly can make a difference.

The award, presented by former President of the USSR and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev and Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, was an acknowledgement of Gabriel's extensive contribution and work on behalf of human rights and peace.

Burning Spear was originally Rodney's group, named after a military award given by Jomo Kenyatta, the first Prime Minister and President of an independent Kenya, and including bass singer Rupert Willington.

In 2012, he was awarded the Erasmus Prize, an annual award for a person who has made an exceptional contribution to European culture, society or social science, " for his ability to translate the cultural significance of science and technology to a broad audience.

In his honour, the European Society for Evolutionary Biology has an award for extraordinary young evolutionary biology researchers named The John Maynard Smith Prize.

" She shared a Best Actress award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival with five of her co-stars, as well as receiving a Goya Award and European Film Award, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role.

The European Foundation for Quality Management's EFQM Excellence Model supports an award scheme similar to the Baldrige Award for European companies.

In 2005, Nature was awarded the European Science Fiction Society's Best Publisher award for the " Futures " series.

He was again voted the European player of the year, becoming the third player after Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini to win the award three times.

Peugeot has produced three winners of the European Car of the Year award.

As Slovenia's most popular music band, the group has won countless awards including eight consecutive television competitions, twelve from German network television, eighteen as Germany's most popular band, the recording industry's " European Oscar " in 1975, the Golden Rose Award ( most requested on Austrian radio ) in 1979, the Linhart plaque ( Slovenia ), and the " Hermann Löns " award from the German Minister of Culture.

Gullit's exploits with first PSV and then Milan helped him win the European Footballer of the Year award in 1987 which he dedicated to Nelson Mandela.

In 1790 it was decided to award diplomatic medals to foreign envoys at the end of their service, as a less-extravagant version of the European custom to give diplomats expensive gifts upon their departure.

The 2009 award is presented to David Suzuki by Jakob von Uexkull ( right ) and European Commissioner Margot Wallström ( left )

Butragueño contributed to the side's transformation, and was a prominent member of the team during the 1980s, winning numerous honours: he received the European Bronze award for best footballer in two consecutive years, and won the Pichichi Trophy in 1991, while also being instrumental in the capital club's five national leagues, two domestic cups and two ( consecutive ) UEFA Cups.

The egalitarian nature of this award contrasted with those of most other German states ( and indeed many other European monarchies ), where military decorations were awarded based on the rank of the recipient.

On October 24, 2008, Pelosi commended the European Parliament for its " bold decision " to award the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Chinese dissident and human rights activist Hu Jia.

At the end of the campaign Matthews was made the inaugural winner of the European Footballer of the Year award, having narrowly defeated Alfredo Di Stéfano 47 to 44 in the poll.

The station stands in St George's Square ; having been renovated at a cost of £ 1 million it subsequently won the Europa Nostra award for European architecture.

In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet Antigone at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize-an award of the " William and Noma Copley Foundation ", which later changed its name to " Cassandra Foundation "-as the " Best European Composer of the Year ".

In 1957 he received his first composition award, from the European Cultural Foundation, and in 1958 the first official commission came through, from Service de Recherche of Radio-France.

1981 – The second generation Vauxhall Cavalier is launched, with front-wheel drive, but is pipped to the European Car of the Year award by the Renault 9.

1986 – Vauxhall wins another " European Car of the Year " award with its all-new Vauxhall Carlton ( badged Opel Omega on the continent ).

2006 – The third generation Vauxhall Corsa goes on sale, after having its world premier launch at the 2006 British International Motor Show at ExCeL London, and narrowly misses out on the European Car of the Year award.

In 2006 the twin city Görlitz / Zgorzelec applied to be the European City of Culture 2010 for an award.

He became the first English winner of the European Footballer of the Year award since Kevin Keegan was given the honour in 1979.

Ribot also won the European Horse of the Year award in 1955 and 1956, the only horse to win the award twice.