The blue-ribbon event of the season.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

And we put together a blue-ribbon panel of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Cameron on the special edition of 'Avatar,' eco-conscious DVDs and BP] Reference

She won't chair some blue-ribbon commission, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary's Ultimate Juggling Act] Reference

We have a blue-ribbon panel going over all the suggestions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2007] Reference

Ed Henry is here now with a report on the new blue-ribbon panel on Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006] Reference

In the meantime, we have another blue-ribbon panel to talk to about this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007] Reference

Congress setting up a blue-ribbon panel to examine the conduct of this war.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006] Reference

In its report on Joseph Wallace's death, the blue-ribbon committee was pessimistic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Leave Children With Bad Parents?] Reference

After the 9/11 attacks a blue-ribbon panel found shortcomings in America's defenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2009] Reference

A blue-ribbon panel has whittled down the list of CNN Heroes for 2009 to the top ten.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference

HOLMES: Yes, we'll have an independent blue-ribbon panel selecting the top ten for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2009] Reference

Now along comes this blue-ribbon chef with the blue-collar moxie of a short-order cook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue-Collar Gourmet] Reference

"A black-and-tan collie with a blue-ribbon round his neck, and a saucy look on his face.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference

We are told that Webster will head up a blue-ribbon panel looking into the possible damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Veteran FBI Agent Allegedly Spying for Russians for Up to 15 Years - February 20, 2001] Reference

So, what how about a blue-ribbon panel to try and find solutions while Congress is gridlocked?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2008] Reference

And now a lot of conservatives are coming forward and saying, we need a blue-ribbon commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 19, 2002] Reference

In the 1980s he also chaired a blue-ribbon panel that came to be known as the Brandt Commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Moral Beacon for Germany] Reference

The blue-ribbon panel urges an approach that focuses more on diplomacy and less on the military.    From Wordnik.com.  [What the Generals Say] Reference

Today, a blue-ribbon panel of leaders will meet to consider how to jumpstart the city's economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2005] Reference

We are told that he will be put in charge of a blue-ribbon commission to review security issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: FBI Espionage Case: Accused Agent is Arraigned in Federal Court - February 20, 2001] Reference

After receiving more than 9,000 nominations, an independent blue-ribbon panel selected the top 10.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009] Reference

It was a typically Clintonian solution to conflict: a quick half-cave accompanied by a blue-ribbon commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bold Plans--And Trims On The Edges] Reference

Last year, I had the honor of serving on the blue-ribbon panel that selected the top ten "CNN Heroes" of 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2009] Reference

NEWSWEEK has learned that Justice now plans to assemble a blue-ribbon scientific panel to review the lab's work.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Fed's War On The Fbi] Reference

"Everyone wants a blue-ribbon baby, not the 4-year-old with AIDS, or the 10-year-old with one leg," says Selman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Will Fill the Empty Cribs?] Reference

I think the American people and the blue-ribbon commission, to which I just referred, all prefer that we get out.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007] Reference

American worthies have responded by doing what they always do come crunch time: they formed a blue-ribbon commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons From Motown] Reference

Back in 2003, with the Cedar fire, the last massive fire here, they had what is called the blue-ribbon commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2007] Reference

But I don't think this blue-ribbon commission is going to change Iraq policy, while this president is in office, Lou.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006] Reference

So they're turning to a familiar formula, which is to order up another study, a blue-ribbon panel to try to find a solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006] Reference

A blue-ribbon Oil-for-Food inquiry headed by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker spotlighted the issue of U.N. family ties.    From Wordnik.com.  [ALL IN THE FAMILY? U.N. PRACTICES UNDER SCRUTINY.] Reference

Along these lines, Representative Conyers does have one good proposal — an "independent blue-ribbon panel" to study such questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Politics Of Vengeance] Reference

Christiane Amanpour and an I will co-host a live broadcast, where we will announce which six honorees our blue-ribbon panel selected.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2007] Reference

The museum directors association has its new blue-ribbon committee -- but six of its nine members head museums with claims against them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spoils Of War] Reference

MALVEAUX: The blue-ribbon panel which investigated the 9/11 attacks found a number of failures in American's defenses against terrorism.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2009] Reference

What if a blue-ribbon commission appointed by the president surveyed the 17 intelligence agencies and organizations that make up the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Engelhardt: Five Absurd Things That Simply Can't Happen in Wartime Washington] Reference