31.   Its annual awards ceremonies invariably require the honoree to do something outrageous or embarrassing.

32.   Jazz has never had its own highly publicized annual awards like the Grammys or the Country Music Awards, but that will soon change.

33.   Maude Chasen once dramatically tore up her award certificate at the California Restaurant Writers Association annual awards banquet because it had too few stars for her.

34.   Magazines Win Awards Six magazines took top honors last week at an annual awards competition sponsored by Circulation Management magazine, published by Ganesa Corp.

35.   Most of the critics groups have by now handed out their annual awards.

36.   Next month, the Boston Theological Institute will honor her with its annual award for people who make significant contributions in the field of bereavement and loss.

37.   On Sunday evening when the New York Film Critics Circle distributes its annual awards, mainstream Hollywood will be given a mostly frigid shoulder.

38.   On Sunday evening when the New York Film Critics Circle distributes its annual awards at Windows on the World, mainstream Hollywood will be given a mostly frigid shoulder.

39.   On Tuesday, a major national technology association announced that it would hold its annual awards ceremony here in July.

40.   Sponsored annually by the Dungannon Foundation, the annual award is not given for a specific title, but for originality and influence on the genre.