Prussia was the big winner at the Vienna peace conference, gaining extensive territory.

Computer-animated films have been the big winner in this category, with eight wins in the ten-year history of the award.

Sinn Féin proved to be the big winner of the election in Ireland, capturing 73 Irish seats, 25 uncontested.

At stud, she produced only two other foals, but one of these was Fleur who produced the 1977 Epsom Derby winner The Minstrel Nijinsky was a big, powerful horse standing 16. 3 hands high, resembling his dam rather than his sire in stature.

A player might occasionally win, but the big winner was the dealer ( banker ).

Critics, surprisingly, predicted that Bono would be the big winner with a solo comedy vehicle, and didn't hold much hope for Cher's more musical showcase.

The motto for the village is " Small in size, big in heart " which was selected as a winner in a contest won by Michelle Wheatley along with an accompanying logo which celebrates the areas agricultural heritage.

In light of 1997's big winner, Titanic, the film won only the Oscar for Best Original Music Score ( Musical or Comedy ) by Anne Dudley, with the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars going to Titanic and its director James Cameron, and the Best Original Screenplay Oscar going to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting.

It's interesting to note that as well as a big bouquet, the winner of the annual pro cycling race Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne also receives a soft toy version of ' Ambroos ' to wave from the stage.

Norton knocked out previously unbeaten top prospect Duane Bobick in one round and after despatching European title holder Lorenzo Zannon easily, he beat number two contender Jimmy Young ( who himself had beaten George Foreman and Jody Ballard ) in a 15-round split-decision in a WBC big mandatory title-elimination fight, with the winner to face reigning WBC champion Ali, but Ali's camp told Ring Magazine they did not want to fight Norton for a fourth time.

The big winner of this night is Israel for the second time in a row.

Norah Jones was the night's big winner winning five awards including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.

U2 was also a big winner winning three awards as well ; including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Beautiful Day.

Lauryn Hill was the nights big winner winning a total of 5 awards including Album of the Year and Best New Artist.

The party was the big winner in the 2003 election, running on a joint list ( cartel ) with the social-liberal party Spirit.

Quincy Jones was the big winner winning a total of five awards.

Alanis Morissette was the night's big winner, scoring four trophies, including Album of the Year.

Their big tournament is called “ Freyjuglíma ” and the winner is crowned as the queen of Glíma.

Eric Clapton was the night's big winner, winning 6 awards including Album of the Year.

Natalie Cole was the big winner winning three awards including Album of the Year.

Quincy Jones was the night's big winner winning a total of six awards including Album of the Year.

The big winner of the campaign was Dick Spring and the Labour Party.

This particular episode was not only aired in the UK but also in many other countries, including the United States ( where John Carpenter and Kevin Olmstead were big winners ) and Australia ( whose second jackpot winner was also subject to allegations of cheating but was later exonerated ).

Kent: But there's already one big winner: Our state school system, which gets fully half the profits from the lottery.

He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air.

A big car was approaching, its chrome teeth grinning.

There was a mound of bleached human bones and skulls at the base of the big wooden derrick.

He was very tanned -- big hands might have torn him from a Coca-Cola poster.

He was on the thin side, with big hands, and the kind of wrists that give away the power in forearm and bicep.

He was thinking, big deal: skipper on his drunken fishing parties for seven years and no better off than when I started.

Within seconds the big barn was blasted into smoking splinters, with every outlaw either dead or injured inside.

This was the big man with the proprietory air and the beetling, shaggy eyebrows.

He was big, and filthy, and his toes stuck out of the flapping tops of his shoes.

He was big.

`` No, I don't think so '', said the big man, and it was the final clincher for Ernie.

She was certain now that it would be no harder to bear her child here in such pleasant surroundings than at home in the big white house in Haverhill.

When Fred wheeled him back into his room, the big one looking out on the back porch, and put him to bed, Papa told him he was very tired but that he had enjoyed greatly the trip downtown.

He was a big man, and he wanted nothing little, squeezed ; ;

He told me that he had a big newt and a little newt and that he was transplanting a big eye of the big newt onto the little newt and a little eye of the little newt onto the big newt.

He was then noting that the big eye on the little newt hung back until the little eye had grown up to it, while the little eye on the big newt grew rapidly until it was as big as the other.

He was thinking his way into a new novel, a big one, one that people had been waiting for.