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He was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite in 1952, and was known to tell other universities not to bother with honorary doctorates, and to ask officials to mail him medals he had been awarded so as to avoid a ceremony that would separate him from his beloved laboratory.
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But because the governor was determined that friendship should not influence him one way or the other, he looked for a printer with a knowledge of the law ( which Woodruff did not have ), and awarded the contract to a lawyer named John Steele who had started a newspaper in Helena the year before.
She was awarded the Professional Handlers' Ass'ns' Leonard Brumby, Sr. Memorial Trophy ( named for the founder-originator of the Junior Classes.
In this third year at the university, Hans, in 1797, was awarded the first important token of recognition, a gold medal for his essay on `` Limits Of Poetry And Prose ''.
He completed his training in pharmacy also, taking his degree with high honors in 1797, and in 1799 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy along with a prize for an essay in medicine.
The sound discoveries of this quixotic genius were so diluted by those of fantasy that the prize was never awarded to him.
Five years later, he was awarded the university's degree in law.
Milton and Rosella Lovett of Cranston were awarded $55,000 damages from the state in Superior Court yesterday for industrial property which they owned at 83 Atwells Ave., Providence, and which was condemned for use in construction of Interstate Route 95.
Mrs. Alice H. Reese, wife of an engineer and mother of a 23-year-old son, was awarded the top prize at a luncheon in the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
He was awarded a fellowship to continue his studies in Tokyo and he packed up his clothes, the biwa upon which he had been practicing and his image of Acala, and left to spend a week at home before leaving the country.
The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.
Connes was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982, the Crafoord Prize in 2001 and the gold medal of the CNRS in 2004.
Bertha von Suttner was awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace prize, ' for her sincere peace activities '.
Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature " for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times ".< ref >
In 1970, he tied for fourth place at an international tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, and was awarded the grandmaster title.
Alexis Carrel ( June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944 ) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.
While there he collaborated with American physician Charles Claude Guthrie in work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs as well as the head, and Carrel was awarded the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for these efforts.
In the 1990s, given Australia's long dominance of the Ashes and the popular acceptance of the Darnley urn as ‘ The Ashes ’, the idea was mooted that the victorious team should be awarded the urn as a trophy and allowed to retain it until the next series.
He is frequently cited as the inventor of the airliner and was awarded several of the first air mail contracts, which he ultimately could not fulfill.
In 1137 Conrad III, the Hohenstaufen King of the Germans, deprived Albert's cousin and nemesis, Henry the Proud of his Saxon duchy, which was awarded to Albert if he could take it.
The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.
In 2003 the medal was awarded to Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.
In 2004, Pope John Paul II's efforts to unite Europe were honoured with an ‘ Extraordinary Charlemagne Medal ’, which was awarded for the first time ever.
* Fleming was awarded the Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
One side-effect of the timing is that, as Alan was awarded a knighthood a few months before the divorce, both his first and second wife are entitled to take the title of Lady Ayckbourn.
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A recent editorial discussing a labor-management agreement reached between the Southern Pacific Co. and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers has been criticized on the grounds that it was not based on complete information.
In order to further refine the management of passenger vehicles, on July 1, 1958, the actual title to every vehicle was transferred, by Executive Order, to the Division of Methods, Research and Office Services.
According to this doctrine, the universe was ruled by Heaven, T'ien -- as a natural force, or in the personification of a Supreme Sky-god -- governing all things by means of a process called the Tao, which can be roughly interpreted as `` the Order of the Universe '' or `` the Universal Way ''.
In 1971 Agatha Christie was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
The rule, as was inevitable, was subject to frequent violations ; but it was not until the foundation of the Cluniac Order that the idea of a supreme abbot, exercising jurisdiction over all the houses of an order, was definitely recognized.
However, no new edition was released before Guardians of Order went out of business in 2006.
Albert was chosen as his successor early in 1511 in the hope that his relationship to his maternal uncle, Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, would facilitate a settlement of the disputes over eastern Prussia, which had been held by the Order under Polish suzerainty since the Second Peace of Thorn ( 1466 ).
The Grand Master then journeyed to Wittenberg, where he was advised by Martin Luther to abandon the rules of his Order, to marry, and to convert Prussia into a hereditary duchy for himself.
This proposal, which was understandably appealing to Albert, had already been discussed by some of his relatives ; but it was necessary to proceed cautiously, and he assured Pope Adrian VI that he was anxious to reform the Order and punish the knights who had adopted Lutheran doctrines.
Summoned before the imperial court of justice, Albert refused to appear and was proscribed, while the Order elected a new Grand Master, Walter von Cronberg, who received Prussia as a fief at the imperial Diet of Augsburg.
He was a skilled political administrator and leader, and effectively reversed the decline of the Teutonic Order, until he betrayed it by transforming the order's lands into his own duchy, secularizing it in the process.
He was made a " Knight of the Indian Empire " by Queen Victoria, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by Edward VII ( 1902 ), and a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India by George V ( 1912 ).
In 1254 Albertus was made provincial of the Dominican Order, and fulfilled the arduous duties of the office with great care and efficiency.
He was the 996th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain, the 104th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword in 1861 and the 775th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1881.
He was one of the most prominent figures of the early Renaissance and a knight of the Order of the Dragon.
He received the party's Blood Order in 1934 and was still occasionally used as a propaganda tool until about 1937, but he was never again allowed any real power.
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They are the Rassemblement Populaire Pour le Progres ( People's Rally for Progress ) ( RPP ) which was the only legal party from 1981 until 1992, the Parti du Renouveau Démocratique ( The Party for Democratic Renewal ) ( PRD ), and the Parti National Démocratique ( National Democratic Party ) ( PND ).
A new Spanish edition, Investigación y Ciencia was launched in Spain in 1976, followed by a French edition, Pour la Science, in France in 1977, and a German edition, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, in Germany in 1978.
This was recorded live as part of their DVD Français Pour Une Nuit (" French for a Night ") from Nimes.
Together, Breton and Trotsky wrote a manifesto Pour un art révolutionnaire indépendent ( published under the names of Breton and Diego Rivera ) calling for " complete freedom of art ", which was becoming increasingly difficult with the world situation of the time.
Krusenstern became an admiral in 1841 and he was awarded the Pour le Mérite ( civil class ) in 1842.
Hitler did not care for the Pour le Mérite, as it was a Prussian order that could be awarded only to officers.
Herman was the home of the annual Herman Iron Pour, where individuals could learn how to mold and cast iron art.
The album Dali was released in 1984, and was accompanied by the release of several singles, including " Soleil ", " Pour te dire je t ' aime ", a cover of Stevie Wonder ’ s " I Just Called to Say I Love You ", and " Kalimba de Luna ", originally recorded by Tony Esposito.
" He was awarded the Iron Cross, first class, and was recommended for the Pour le Merite, but did not receive it.
The " Pour Some Sugar on Me " video was No. 1 on Dial MTV for a record 73 days ( from 26 May – 5 September 1988 ).
Often regarded as the band's signature song, " Pour Some Sugar on Me " was ranked No. 2 on VH1's " 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s " in 2006.
This concept proved wildly popular with fans ( as seen in the videos for " Pour Some Sugar on Me " and " Armageddon It ") and was used again for the Adrenalize tour.
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes was popular throughout Europe at the time and was released in France as A Paris Pour les Quatre ( To Paris for the Four ), and in Belgium as Cevieren Te Parijs.
He was also a Commandeur of the Légion d ' honneur in France, a Knight-Commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix in Greece, and recipient of the order " Pour le Mérite " in West Germany.
The album was mostly written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman, and amassed huge success with the singles " Pour que tu m ' aimes encore " and " Je sais pas ".
In 1711 Christian August was awarded the Order De la Générosité, later renamed in Pour le Mérite, and on 1 March 1713 was elevated to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1855 Dirichlet was awarded the civil class medal of the Pour le Mérite order at von Humboldt's recommendation.
member of the university of Kiev, and of the Prussian, Bavarian and Danish academies ; he received the Prussian order Pour le Mérite, and was corresponding member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques of the French Institute.
Ludendorff was a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross and the Pour le Mérite.
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