A middlebrow triumph in a distinctly odd middlebrow prize by a dedicated writer who has struck a chord with the British reading public in a way that few English novelists have, this will certainly score a footnote in the history of early 21st-century British fiction.
MIAMI — Ralph W. Sifford wears a gold Rolex and keeps his tie tight, and his seven General Motors dealerships in New York and Florida carry a distinctly American name: Grand Prize.
However, the language remains distinctly top down ("financial prizes") rather than bottom up, so I won't be holding my breath for a raft of new EU data APIs just yet.
The timing of the prize, however, is distinctly odd.
"I think it is an achievement not just of the E.U. but I would argue NATO as well," said Mr. Cameron, ending his silence on the prize Friday on a distinctly half-hearted note.
The Japanese director is known for his warm, distinctly human dramas, and won the Grand Jury prize here for his 2013 film Like Father, Like Son.
Admiral Williams was going to the Far East to become Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet, but this was distinctly recognized in the Navy as a consolation prize.
"These six remarkable books explore themes of identity, family, displacement and belonging, with distinctly Australian resonances," Aviva Tuffield, executive director of the Stella prize, said.
Shockingly, he has never had to clear much shelf-space for prizes, but when he received an honorary Bafta in 2009, he looked distinctly nonplussed, telling the audience: "I'm not dead yet".
There was a distinctly foreign element in the 63rd Annual Peabody Awards for excellence in electronic media announced today, with prizes given to British, German and Japanese productions.
