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The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, the Department honors high-performing schools and schools that are making great strides in closing ...
As celebrities strutted down the Oscars red carpet, awash in the glitz and glam of Hollywood, some were sporting a more subtle accessory: blue ribbons representing solidarity with the world's ...
Aug. 25—LIMA — Madi Seeling might be the first to ever win six first-place blue ribbons in a single year. The Allen County Fair is checking to see if the Beaverdam native and Bluffton Schools ...
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The Hales Trophy, officially the North Atlantic Blue Riband Challenge Trophy [1] is an award for the fastest Atlantic crossing by a commercial passenger vessel. The award was created in 1935 when Harold K. Hales , a British politician and owner of Hales Brothers shipping company, donated the trophy [ 2 ] to be a permanent, tangible expression ...
Johnson has won over 2,500 fair ribbons, including over 1,000 blue ribbons and numerous sweepstakes ribbons. In 2007, she became the newest correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . She brought her home-made cooking to such events as the MLB All-Star Game , the NBA All-Star Game , the Emmy Awards , and the Grammy Awards .
When Sandra Lee won a blue ribbon at the Los Angeles County Fair, her sister called to tell her the good news. “It was surreal,” the TV chef says of her 1992 victory.
Blue ribbons have also been used as awareness ribbons for numerous different causes. Notable examples: The "Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign" is an online campaign by the EFF endorsing the protection of free speech on the Internet. [1] The blue ribbon is internationally used to spread awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome. [2]