1.   Among previous recipients of the medal are George Washington, Andrew Wyeth, Bob Hope and Gen. Colin Powell.

2.   Besides Spielberg and Peck, other previous Life Achievement recipients Clint Eastwood and Jack Lemmon also attended the Scorsese honors.

3.   But with the economy softening, previous recipients who had gone to work are reapplying for welfare and newcomers are joining the rolls.

4.   In a similar flashback style, Arliss recalls, using a ledger to guide us, how he bought the title, whose previous recipient was O.J. Simpson.

5.   Previous recipients include Philip Johnson, Luis Barragan, Richard Meier, I.M. Pei, Aldo Rossi and Tadao Ando.

6.   Previous recipients of the award include David Packard and Bill Hewitt.

7.   Previous recipients of the prize have included Mother Teresa, evangelist Billy Graham and Charles Colson, the former Watergate figure who founded Prison Fellowship.

8.   Previous recipients have included Henry Luce, S.I. Newhouse Jr., Malcolm Forbes, John Mack Carter and Helen Gurley Brown.

9.   Previous recipients include Chewbacca, Godzilla and Jackie Chan.

10.   Previous recipients include Elton John, Mstislav Rostropovich, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Witold Lutoslawski.