1.   The highest public honor our democracy can bestow will never go begging in a country full of ambitious over-achievers.

2.   And since when is an unsatisfactory marriage an acceptable excuse for personal immoral conduct in a man seeking the highest public honor the country can bestow?

3.   And two days earlier, he received the highest honor of all, the Congressional Gold Medal.

4.   Black soldiers, including those honored on Monday, received numerous medals for service in World War II, but none had received the highest honor for bravery.

5.   A documentary on the breakup of Yugoslavia won the highest honor at the annual Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards for broadcast journalism, the university announced Thursday.

6.   After we give them the highest honor we can bestow, we reserve the right to dump on them to keep them from getting carried away.

7.   But the saintly former slave is certainly deserving of the highest honor and respect.

8.   Close was in town last week to receive the highest honor the university can bestow on an alumnus.

9.   Congressional Gold Medals are the highest civilian honors handed out by Congress.

10.   Considered the highest honor in the profession, the Pritzker Prize is sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation of Los Angeles.