The award is the first such honor in the 11-year history of JA activities in Portland, according to Ralph Scolatti, local executive director for Junior Achievement.

Hitchcock primarily made thrillers, which, according to the Cahiers du cinema crowd, were popular with the public but were dismissed by the critics and the award ceremonies, although Hitchcock's Rebecca won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards.

* Professional basketball players Steve Nash ( who was an award winning player " MP3 " according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English due to being Canadian ), Ben Wallace ( who he accuses of " playa-hating "), Shaquille O ' Neal ( who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society ), Tim Duncan ( from whom tried to get a pair of free sneakers ), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade ( who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to " hang with mah man Shaquille O ' Neal "), Richard Jefferson ( whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son ), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller

Brown was nominated for two films in 1930 but according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, " As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films.

My Goddess won Kodansha's award for Best General Manga, and the most recent volume, 41, was the tenth best-selling manga in Japan upon its release that week according to the Oricon Japanese Comic Rankings charts.

In the 1984 expose entitled, " Behind the Death Squads: An exclusive report on the U. S. role in El Salvador's official terror ", award winning investigative journalist, Allan Nairn reported that the CIA routinely supplied ANSESAL, the security forces ( National Guard, National Police, Treasury Police ), and the general staff with electronic, photographic, and personal surveillance of suspected dissidents and Salvadorans abroad who were later assassinated by death squads ; and trained Salvadoran intelligence operatives in the use of investigative techniques which included, according to a former Treasury Police agent, " instruction in methods of physical and psychological torture.

For as much as People be compelled to come before the King's Council, or in the Chancery by Writs grounded upon untrue Suggestions ; that the Chancellor for the Time being, presently after that such Suggestions be duly found and proved untrue, shall have Power to ordain and award Damages according to his Discretion, to him which is so troubled unduly, as afore is said.

This award is given to " non-Jews who acted according to the most noble principles of humanity by risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust ".

A commission surveyed a new border according to the award, and the parties accepted the boundary in 1905.

In 1969, Wynette won the Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for " Stand by Your Man ", which is now, according to critics, considered a " classic " or Country music " standard ".

" Only one award is given each year, according to a rotating scheme – astronomy and mathematics ; then geosciences ; then biosciences.

In the 8th – 11th centuries, according to information provided by the Taktikon Uspensky, the Klētorologion of Philotheos ( 899 ) and the writings of Constantine Porphyrogennetos, below the imperial titles, the Byzantines distinguished two distinct categories of dignities (): the " dignities by award " (), which were purely honorific court titles and were conferred by the award of a symbol of rank, and the " dignities by proclamation " (), which were offices of the state and were conferred by imperial pronouncement.

Shortly after its launch, it was narrowly pipped to the European Car of the Year award by the similar sized Fiat Uno, but ultimately ( according to the award organizers ) it would enjoy a better image and a longer high market demand than its Italian competitor.

Virginia soldiers of the Continental line, who served in the Revolutionary War, were eligible to procure a bounty award in the form of land, according to a formula based on rank and time of service.

* The Guardian First Book Award, 2001, " the first time a graphic novel has won a major UK book award ," according to the Guardian.

In 2010, at a global educational summit in Bahrain, the Institute was voted for an award that recognized it as an innovative institution with the potential to significantly improve educational outcomes through adaptable and replicable business models, according to a press release.

The game won the award for best advert of the year according to the readers of Crash magazine.

The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin ( 1879 – 1954 ), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ( published in 1901 ) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award.

It is considered one of the best steel roller coasters in the world according to the trade magazine Amusement Today, which awarded it the prestigious Golden Ticket award in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

While the program's attention to issues of drug addiction won its creator an award, the portrayal of Arab-Muslim cultures within the program has brought a critical response from different Arab-Muslim sources, according to a 2005 doctoral dissertation written about the program by Elizabeth Barbosa.

On February 1, 2010, NASA announced a $ 20 million award to Sierra Nevada, to go toward development of the SpaceDev Dream Chaser, which could be ready for launch by 2014 on United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket, according Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president for Sierra Nevada's space systems division.

The creative use of music videos within their 1964 debut film A Hard Day's Night, particularly the performance of " Can't Buy Me Love ", led MTV decades later to honor the film's director, Richard Lester, with an award for " basically inventing " the music video.

* List of MTV award shows

Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ), a modern-day retelling of Les Liaisons dangereuses featured a kiss between Gellar and co-star Selma Blair that won the two the " Best Kiss " award at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.

On 9 September 1999, he performed " Praise You " at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City, and won three awards, including the award for Breakthrough Video.

The same year the band was honoured with an MTV Icon award in a television special presented by Marilyn Manson.

" The New Yorker and NYRock characterized her MTV award show speech as ungrateful and " ridiculous ".

At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, he won the award for " Best Villain " for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd and " Best Comedic Performance " for Jack Sparrow.

It won the first-ever award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards.

RuPaul caused a controversy at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards when he presented an award with actor Milton Berle, who performed an altogether different type of drag early in his career.

His romantic relationship with Sean Sasser was also documented on the show with the two getting married on air ; their relationship was later nominated by MTV viewers for " Favorite Love Story " award.

In September, Van Halen was asked to present an award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.

Eddie Van Halen would later explain ( in regard to the MTV Video Music Awards appearance ) that he had initially been embarrassed by Roth's antics while on camera behind Beck, who was giving an acceptance speech for the award that Van Halen had presented to him.

In 1986 they enjoyed renewed success with their album The Other Side of Life and in particular with the track " Your Wildest Dreams " – a US Top 10 hit ( and No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for two weeks ) which garnered a Billboard Video of the Year award after being frequently featured on MTV.

They were nominated in the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards for the MTV2 award category for the " Girl's Not Grey " video, which came to be their first VMA.

La Ley also performed on MTV Unplugged in 2001, and released an album of the performance, which went on to win a Grammy award.

The Bomfunk MCs won the 2000 Best Nordic Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

The group also received an MTV Legend award, citing their 10-year history together.

The band picked up several prestigious ' achievement ' awards from Q magazine, MTV and a Brit award.

Finally, Microsoft will also collaborate on promotions and sponsorships for MTV and BET award shows, two Viacom owned cable networks.

In 1986, the song won an MTV award for Best Stage Performance.

Daniel Pearl won the first MTV cinematography award for his work on the video.

Lester was sent an award from MTV as " Father of the Music Video.

In November 2003, Sigismondi's video was given the award for " Best Video " at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, UK.

The video, which contains exactly seven cuts, won the Best Editing award at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and was nominated for Best Music Video from a Film.

The album enjoyed slightly more success in a number of Asian countries however, and Gates won MTV Asia's award for Best International Male in 2003 / 04.