Procopio was a retired general who had won distinction in the far east.

The rapidity with which many of them won affluence and distinction in the nineteenth century is without parallel.

Connie and Diane did win great distinction as correspondents - deservedly.

This assignment exposed him for the first time to the field in which he was to later win marked distinction.

These are newly raised soldiers who won distinction in the push east and the conflicts with the plains people.

He won distinction both as a soldier and an administrator.

The Piarists have won distinction in the sphere of education.

He won further distinction in the disastrous retreat from Moscow.

At the university he won exceptional distinction in both classics and mathematics.

He later won distinction under fire as a member of the medical service.