Ever since then, beginning with the 1934 awards ceremony, all awards have been based on openings in the previous calendar year. Films also had to be over 40 minutes long to qualify as feature-length.] Until 1954, the Oscars were presented mostly on a Thursday evening.
Best Answer: August means esteemed or respected. Thus, august body is a phrase meant to flatter the members of the body. The members of most legislative bodies are generally so incompetent that it is surprising they would believe it, but the fact seems to be that they are so unbelievably incompetent that they actually believe the speaker considers them august.
August [au-gust] as a boys' name is pronounced AW-gust. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of August is great, magnificient. The feminine version, Augusta, and the longer Latin version, Ausgustus, are more widely used in English-speaking countries. Sculptor Auguste Rodin; painter Auguste Renoir.