Sentence examples for honorees over from inspiring English sources
As Harold Matzner, chairman of the board of directors of the Palm Springs International Film Society, stressed in his opening remarks, 28 of the Palm Springs honorees over the past three years went on to pick up Oscar nominations.
Most of the center's honorees over the years have been American artists, but there has been a sprinkling of foreign performers recognized for the impact they have made in the United States, including Sean Connery and Luciano Pavarotti.
However, a look at the list of the Kennedy Center's Honorees over the 35 years of the award's existence doesn't reveal much engagement with the Latino community.
Other honorees over the last five years included Steve Jobs, Ansel Adams, John Steinbeck, Robert Mondavi, Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson, Tiger Woods, John Wayne, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, George Lucas, Harvey Milk, Mark Zuckerberg and Pat Brown.
TWENTY Broadway productions have featured animals trained by the 2011 Tony honoree William Berloni over the past 35 years; exactly none of this year's nominated shows are among them.
We don't have set fundraising goals for our annual Spring benefit, but I'm happy to report that this year we've broken all past records, and, thanks in large part to our honorees, have raised over $3.6 million dollars.
While people can carp over individual honorees, through the 112-year course of the prize's history, the Norwegian Nobel jury has not done such a bad job.
Over the years, honorees and attendees have included Queen Latifah, Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Murphy, Vivica A. Fox and this year's Oscars producer Reginald Hudlin.
We're in good company since last year's honorees were Jonas Brothers -- that event raised over $750,000 in one day!
STAN TUCKER, left, and DAVID GRANGER, both honorees.; Dec. 5: The Planning and Visual Education Partnership raised over $125,000 at the Essex House.
The event has also become increasingly important within the larger picture of awards season, because over the last three years 28 of the event's 31 honorees have gone on to an Academy Award nomination in that year.
