But the commendation awards kept piling up.
It was one of the best runway looks of all time and even earned a special commendation from Ru. Blair just couldn't compete with that level of ingenuity or design.
"Irving's first discovery was just a list of his books, plus commendations of his work by other historians and some historical documents," says Libson.
Ms. Prince said Mr. Ileto, who was not married and had no children, had been a letter carrier for just two years but had received several commendations.
Her endorsement was just the latest in a series of commendations since Blake's previous album, 2013's "Overgrown," won the UK's prestigious Mercury Prize and inspired Kanye West, in a radio interview, to call Blake his favorite artist.
But Valadez's most notable commendation was yet to come.
Granted, some in this sector expect that as the commendation generation, they are entitled to promotions for just doing a job, not always a job well done.
Just last month, Officer Romero, who pronounces his name "George," received a commendation for his successful investigation of 26 car burglaries in May 2012.
Perhaps with a recommendation for promotion to the rank of captain, more likely just leaving the army, he set sail for Spain in September 1575 with letters of commendation to the king from the duque de Sessa and Don Juan himself.
He said that when the drug-interdiction efforts began about 10 years ago, troopers received commendations from their superiors and glowing news coverage for drug seizures they made on Interstate 95, just north of the Delaware Bay Bridge and just south of where the interstate leads into the New Jersey Turnpike.
Hired just out of high school by an I.C.B.C. branch in central Hubei Province, she said she received numerous "model worker" commendations and had expected lifetime employment.
