This high number of awards for bravery has been interpreted as a reaction to the earlier defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana-the extolling of the victory at Rorke's Drift drawing the public's attention away from the great defeat at Isandlwana and the fact that Lord Chelmsford and Bartle Frere had instigated the war without the approval of Her Majesty's Government.

Her victory won her the respect and admiration of her peers, among them her own sister Joan Fontaine, who later commented, " Hollywood owes Olivia a great deal ".

Her victory is celebrated annually in the festivals of Navaratri and Durga Puja.

Her victory also raised some eyebrows, as she did not top any of the pageant's segments.

Her marriage with Octave is seen as a victory of women over a man who refuses to be conquered and whose aim is to subjugate and exploit women using their own senses.

Her German Open victory, her first win at a Tier I tournament, was noteworthy as she beat Jennifer Capriati in a semifinal and Serena Williams in the final, the then number two and number five ranked players, respectively.

Her election victory in 1967 was a significant by-election in Scottish political history and began a surge of support for the SNP.

Her last victory came in 1962.

Her dramatic victory is widely regarded as one of the great comebacks in tennis history.

Her simple gravestone recognizes her contribution to the Union's victory.

Her tenure ended when, after being re-elected in a landslide victory in 1972, President Nixon resigned two years later amid the Watergate scandal.

Her victory was due to the judges not liking Jenny's attitude, and Kat advised Jenny to control her emotions and adjust her attitude.

Her victory in the downhill ski event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was her first major triumph.

Her victory in receiving the divorce from her abuse helped to draw attention to the brutality and cruelty children face.

Her narrow victory in the election was announced on 4 July 2006 and she became the first ever Lord Speaker.

Her presence in the house of chiefs was hailed as a victory for women's rights in southern Africa.

Her design shows an athlete with hands clasped above the head in recognition of victory.

Her skills as a pilot and tactician are critical to the eventually defeat of the Robotech Masters by the Southern Cross human forces, although the human victory is a pyrrhic one.

Her victory, with 13, 932 votes over 1, 359 for party founder Basdeo Panday and 1, 072 for fellow challenger Ramesh Maharaj, MP representing Tabaquite, made Persad-Bissessar the first female leader of a major political party in Trinidad and Tobago.

Her Cork Mid by-election victory caused Taoiseach Seán Lemass to dissolve the 17th Dáil and call a general election.

Her bracket that year for ESPN accurately predicted 15th-seeded Coppin State's shocking victory over South Carolina in the first round, to this day one of the greatest upsets in the tourney's history.

Her party achieved a landslide victory reminiscent of the 1971 elections of Pakistan.

Her career stagnated after this surprising victory, and she didn't improve on her 1. 92-meter mark until 1978.

Her lone victory was over top-ranked Amélie Mauresmo 6 – 2, 6 – 2.

Her request was denied.

Her first, My Place, involves her quest to uncover her Aboriginal heritage which had previously been denied by her family, who insisted " as a survival mechanism " that they were of Indian extraction.

Her highly publicized second marriage to oil business mogul J. Howard Marshall, 62 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied.

Her wish was denied, however, and she was buried in the Royal crypt with King Leopold and his first wife, Queen Astrid.

When the Duke married Wallis in France on 3 June 1937, she became the Duchess of Windsor, but, much to Edward's disgust, his brother issued letters patent the week before that denied her the style of Her Royal Highness.

Her aunt, Tina Hutchence, the sister of INXS singer Michael Hutchence, was denied permission by the judge to apply for Tiger Lily to live with her in California.

Her request is denied, but Bob agrees to get her out of the agency if she completes the next task.

Her encore, " God Bless the Child ," is overlayed with newspaper clippings highlighting subsequent events: the concert fails to sway the Commission to restore her license ; subsequent appeals are denied ; she is later re-arrested on drug charges ; and finally, " Billie Holiday Dead at 44.

Her allegations were denied by Martin and David Dodge ( whom Copps claims faxed her the draft of the budget ), Diane Marleau ( who was Health Minister at the time ) and others.

Her opponent, Ken Livingstone, accused her of using inappropriate methods of obtaining email addresses of Labour Party supporters ; King denied the allegation.

Her meteoric rise up the Justice Department's " greasy pole " saw her hotly tipped to become chief judge in due course, but she denied any real ambitions in this direction.

Her first address to its female graduates was forthright, telling them “ You are stepping out into life at a time when you hear not the sound, ‘ thus far in education may you go and no farther, this place you may fill, but not that ’; but, instead, universities and colleges open wide their doors and bid you enter, and any place you are fitted to fill is no longer denied you .”

Her appearance after death was that of someone who had been denied water and food for quite some time, being both underweight and severely dehydrated.

Her appeal was denied in June 2008.

Her protest was denied, with the FCC ruling that a television network could, at its discretion, delete or edit remarks on its programs.

Her husband, the prime suspect, initially denied the murder before giving a confession.

Her application was denied on the grounds that state law only permitted males to practice law.

Her parents denied her wish to go to university and she decided to embark on social work.

Her parents suspected that she did not want to get married, however, she denied it.

Her mother, however, emphatically denied it was Eszter's corpse, although she afterward identified the clothes in which the body was found as those of her daughter.

Her first request for early release was denied, the Parole Board ruling on 13 September 2006, that she “ acted in an insolent and rude manner toward prison guards ”.

Her most significant work in later life was the four-volume From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women, published by The Feminist Press in 2002 and built around the premise that exclusion from the prevailing intellectual histories denied women their past, present and future.

Her husband died in 1870 after a tram accident, leaving Ruete in difficult economic circumstances because the authorities denied her heritage claims.