"I said, 'What do you mean?' and he said, 'I don't know, but the other doormen aren't like you.' " As it happened, Yeboah had recently received a distinction that set him apart from other doormen: he had been appointed chief of Yabi, a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city.
Fifty-five percent of the Second Life participants received a Distinction grade (a grade of between75%and84%84%) compared with 36.6% of the non-Second Life participants.
The effort to receive a distinction from "Guinness World Records" has a big challenge: According to the Guinness Web site, the largest choir performed on Jan . 30 , 2011in Chennai, India, where 121,440 people sang in unison for more than five minutes.
Today, having practiced and performed for more than 450 years, the Spanish Riding School remains a paean to tradition, craft and grace, it has even received a UNESCO distinction for its cultural heritage and contribution.
There were 24.1% of students who received a High Distinction (85% or higher grade), of the Second Life participants, compared with 9.9% of students who did not participate in these sessions.
At a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Pacino received a National Medal of Arts, a distinction managed by the National Endowment for the Arts that recognizes individuals and organizations for "their contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States," according to a statement from its organizers.
Over the years, many exceptional researchers have received such a distinction in areas as diverse as immunology, virology, bacteriology, neurobiology, clinical epidemiology and structural biochemistry.
In 2005, Frank Barsalona, a concert promoter, received a "lifetime achievement" distinction at the Cleveland-based institution.
This week he received a very traditional distinction of his own: a knighthood.
He graduated summa cum laude from Hofstra and received a Master of Management with distinction from Northwestern.
Dr. Gauthier received a BS with distinction in mathematics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hinl in 1999.
