Once, long ago, award ceremonies were rather unruly and rambunctious affairs.
Twenty-five yeago ago, it awarded me a modest scholarship that made it possible for me to enroll.
Four years ago it awarded $15,000 fellowships to three writers and provided each with a writing mentor "so that they could take time off from all the temp work they were doing to really do some writing".
Three years ago, a federal court ruled that the state illegally purchased Indian tribal land more than 200 years ago and awarded $247.9 million to the Cayugas and the Seneca Cayugas of Oklahoma.
An engineer I know worked with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a few years ago — they awarded license deals to broadcasters with "conditions" to use "preferred vendors" to serve up content and build implementation.
A few months ago, Congress awarded the center a $2.2 million grant spread over three years, but with the caveat that the money could not be used for investigations .
Five men who were wrongly convicted of raping and brutally beating a jogger in New York's Central Park 25 years ago are being awarded $41 million £255 million) in damages.
A couple of years ago, Maus was awarded a scholarship to study political philosophy at the University of Hawaii, where he could teach while he worked on his Ph.D.
Four years ago, she was awarded an MBE after a long career working on homeless projects with the Prince of Wales.
In a different spirit, the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi news site that long ago endorsed Trump, awarded Christie the title "Heroic Deputy".
In a move that is unlikely to have been a coincidence, a fortnight ago they were awarded the rights to the 2026 tournament without a tender process.
