1.   A tender committee had awarded the shares to United Energy Systems of Ukraine, a gas distributor, the only bidder.

2.   In its lawsuit, filed late Wednesday, GTECH argues that state officials erred when they allowed a procurement committee to award the contract.

3.   Q. Does the Olympic committee award any money to winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals?

4.   That was a first, and the Heisman committee since has awarded its winners a pair of trophies so they can do the same.

5.   The tournament committee had awarded the Ivy League champions an unprecedented fifth seed, and the Tigers were desperate to prove themselves worthy of the honor.

6.   The committee awarded Gillette its investment license.

7.   The committee awarded the raise to manufacturing workers, excluding public employees including the military, the police, and workers in the tourist industry.

8.   The Nobel committee awarded the prize Friday to Joseph Rotblat and the anti-nuclear group he helped found, the Pugwash Conference.

9.   The Nobel committee often has awarded its peace prize to political activists whose movements are struggling for greater recognition.