1.   Avery earned this distinction by responding the same way he did after that first meeting with Krzyzewski.

2.   Classic distinction may be earned by philosophical substance, by political influence, by stylistic grace or innovation, by mastery of locale, by peculiarity bordering on uniqueness.

3.   Erik Dekker will earn this distinction.

4.   If the Yankees fail to win the American League East championship, they, too, would earn the distinction of having concocted one of the greatest collapses.

5.   In fact, his rolled backhand changed tennis technique, and his overall excellence earned him distinction as one of the best to ever play the game.

6.   Pitcher Mike Morgan of the Texas Rangers earned a victory over the Seattle Mariners last week and earned a distinction that could remain for a long while.

7.   She earned that distinction during a house fire that trapped a wheelchair-bound teen-age girl.

8.   So he decided to start his own trail ride and it earned the distinction of being the first black ride in the United States.

9.   This north Texas town is fast on its way toward earning the distinction of being the first incorporated area in Texas to run out of water.

10.   Two years later, Witty earned another distinction, becoming only the ninth American to compete in the Summer and Winter Olympics.