In 2005, Coats drew attention when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to shepherd Harriet Miers ' failed nomination to the Supreme Court through the Senate.

Hepburn ’ s performance later drew a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The original nomination and IUCN's recommendation drew attention to the area's " exceptional natural beauty ", " habitats of rare and endangered species " and its natural landforms such as mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, canyons, limestone caves, and the unique Burgess Shale fossils.

During his reign, he formally established Chen Qun's nine-rank system as the base for civil service nomination, which drew many talents into his government.

Seizing the opportunity caused by Johnson's departure from the race, Robert Kennedy then joined in and ran for the nomination on an antiwar platform that drew support from ethnics and blacks.

Aided by overwhelming support from African-American voters on the same date as the presidential candidacy of Barack H. Obama drew them to the polls in unprecedented numbers, Jefferson won the Democratic nomination in the congressional party primary, which barred the district's 41, 000 Republicans and many of its 84, 000 other voters not registered as Democrats.

Just as some had criticized Kissinger's nomination, Kean's leadership of the Commission also drew some criticism.

She first drew praise for her acting when she earned a nomination from the Gawad Urian award-giving body, composed of film critics, for the film The Fatima Buen Story.

His performance drew a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's nomination of Gül as a presidential candidate drew strong and highly vocal opposition from ardent supporters of secularism in Turkey.

The Freedom Democrats efforts drew national attention to the plight of African-Americans in Mississippi, and represented a challenge to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who was seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for reelection ; their success would mean that other Southern delegations, who were already leaning toward Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, would publicly break from the convention's decision to nominate Johnson — meaning in turn that he would almost certainly lose those states ' electoral votes in the election.

She also drew attention for her roles in Studio Theatre's Miss Margarida's Way and My Sister is in This House, for which she received her first Helen Hayes nomination.

Her nomination also drew praise from the National Space Society and the American Astronautical Society.

His nomination of his close friend and political ally, René Préval, as Prime Minister, provoked severe criticism from political opponents overlooked, and the National Assembly threatened a no-confidence vote against Préval in August 1991.

While running for his Senate seat in 1984, and again while running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Harkin has faced criticism for claiming that he had flown combat missions over North Vietnam.

Though Harlan's nomination prompted some criticism from Republican stalwarts, he was confirmed unanimously on November 29, 1877.

So early as 1841 his reputation in this department was sufficient to secure for him the government nomination to the newly founded chair of Biblical criticism in the university of Edinburgh.

It was not until the party's November 2005 convention that he was again elected FNM Leader, amid criticism for the lack of due process in his ability, through the party's platform, to make himself eligible for party nomination.

Despite their initial support of his nomination in 1902, Pardee's near-constant resistance to the Southern Pacific Railroad has spared his reputation of criticism for being too close to rail monoplies.

Three months after his nomination, he forbade the publishing of any material concerning his administration, thus refusing both advice and criticism.

He also wrote The Man Who Would Be Queen, which has elicited reactions ranging from strong criticism to a nomination for an award, later retracted, from the Lambda Literary Foundation, an organization that promotes gay literature.

Sarah Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign in a Facebook note, earning Palin criticism from many DeVore supporters, while other DeVore supporters, such as Erick Erickson, editor-in-chief of RedState. com, began to question their support of DeVore's candidacy, fearing that DeVore and Fiorina would split the more conservative GOP primary voters, allowing the more liberal Campbell to win the nomination.

Sirleaf's nomination of Kabineh Ja ' neh, a former leader in the rebel LURD movement, as Associate Justice received criticism from the opposition Congress for Democratic Change due to concerns over Ja ' neh's human rights record during the civil war, and Ja ' neh was not confirmed until 9 May.

The nomination raised strong criticism based on the allegation that death squads had been active in Guatemala during his time as vice-president.

Lincoln, a moderate from a swing state, secured the Republican Party nomination.

In his speech accepting the nomination, Johnson said that by taking a nominee from a seceding state, " the Union Party declared its belief that the rebellious states are still in the Union, that their loyal citizens are still citizens of the United States.

Although in 2002 the NYSE and the NASDAQ required that nominating committees consist of independent directors as a condition of listing, nomination committees have historically received input from management in their selections even when the CEO does not have a position on the board.

Eisenhower defeated Taft for the nomination, having won critical delegate votes from Texas.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards ( World Film Favorite ), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

To be eligible, candidates must have 10 registered voters from their precinct sign nomination papers.

The principal candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, Al Gore and Bill Bradley, both endorsed military service by open gays and lesbians, provoking opposition from high-ranking retired military officers.

On 19 March, a constitutional referendum was voted on and passed reforming the laws surrounding the power and election of the presidency, limiting the presidency to two four-year terms, providing judicial supervision of elections, requiring the president to appoint a deputy, calling for a commission to draft a new constitution following the parliamentary election, and providing easier access to presidential elections by candidates ( 30, 000 signatures from at least 15 provinces, 30 members of a chamber of the legislature, or nomination by a party holding at least one seat in the legislature ).

Candidates must provide 30, 000 signatures from at least 15 provinces, or 30 members of a chamber of the legislature, or nomination by a party holding at least one seat in the legislature.

Serving under Baden, Eugene distinguished himself in the battle, earning commendation from Lorraine and the Emperor ; he later received the nomination for the colonelcy of the Dragoon Regiment Kufstein.

** BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Film from any Source

Under opposition from Sen. William B. Giles, Madison chose not to fight Congress for the nomination but kept Sec.

With aspirations of support from right-wing voters, all candidates with low levels of poll support for the nomination took this same " sabre-rattling " stand.

After withdrawing from the race, he was still considered a contender for the Vice President nomination.

* Remarks from Vice Presidential nomination acceptance

In the critically acclaimed CBS miniseries Pope John Paul II, released in December 2005, Voight, who was raised a Catholic, portrayed the pontiff from the time of his election until his death, garnering an Emmy nomination for the role.

His first attempt ended in failure when the Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who remembered Papen well with considerable distaste from World War I, refused to accept him as Ambassador, complaining in private the nomination of Papen must have been meant as some sort of German sick joke.

Van Buren had been active in politics from at least the age of 17 when he attended a party convention in Troy, New York where he worked to secure the Congressional nomination for John Van Ness.

The head start that Robinson attained in the nomination process, and the fact that the Fine Gael candidate was from Northern Ireland, resulted in Robinson attaining second place in the polls.

He brought strong recommendations from the emperor Frederick and Ladislaus V of Hungary ( also King of Bohemia ) for his nomination to the cardinalate, but delays arose from the Pope's resolution to promote his own nephews first, and he did not attain the object of his ambition until December of the following year.

In her 60-year-long career, Peggy was the recipient of three Grammy Awards ( including the Lifetime Achievement Award ), an Academy Award nomination, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP ) Award, the President's Award, the Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Living Legacy Award from the Women's International Center.

An impressive demonstration occurred on May 1, 1844, when news of the Whig Party's nomination of Henry Clay for U. S. President was telegraphed from the party's convention in Baltimore to the Capitol Building in Washington.

The Executive Council members would be elected for nomination by the elected members of the Legislative Council, and subsequently appointed by the Governor and could only be removed from office by the votes of a majority of the five members of the Legislative Council.

One from the Heart received its official theatrical release in 1982, with Waits appearing in a cameo as a trumpet player as well as receiving an Oscar nomination for Original Song Score ( eventually losing out to Victor Victoria, by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse ).