1.   As a result, the Oscar nominations this year took an unusual turn.

2.   ABC, though doing exceptionally well financially, earned a record low number of Emmy nominations this year.

3.   But she has no nominations this year.

4.   Dafoe received his first nomination this year.

5.   Forbes and Alexander were unsuccessful contenders for the GOP nomination that year.

6.   His rival for the Republican nomination this year, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, pressed him Wednesday night to embrace campaign finance reform as a primary goal.

7.   Kemp decided against seeking the Republican nomination this year partly because he knew the primary electorate was not likely to accept him.

8.   Neither did the film, which won an Oscar nomination this year.

9.   No Hanks nomination this year.

10.   Some thought Super Tuesday, when seven states hold Republican primaries, would launch U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas to the Republican presidential nomination this year.