Chrystia Freeland, who went to Moscow in 1994 as bureau chief for the Financial Times, at the age of 26, was an outstanding figure in the latter group.

ECONOMIST: Observing Russia

According to Ofsted's latest report, only 15% of Yorkshire secondary schools were classed as outstanding, compared to a national figure of 26%.

BBC: England

Acting director general Tim Davie said he was a "charismatic editorial figure" behind some "outstanding" programmes.

BBC: Former BBC director general Alasdair Milne dies

The Budapest-based European Roma Cultural Foundation described Stojka as an "outstanding Austrian Romani woman... and a key figure for the history, art and literature of Romani culture in Europe", reported Reuters news agency.

BBC: Roma Holocaust survivor and artist Ceija Stojka dies

MUFG, which has an existing entity in Thailand, is trying to figure out how to shut that entity and roll outstanding loans into Ayudhya because under Thai law, banks can have only one presence in the country.

WSJ: MUFG Enters Exclusive Talks to Buy Thai Lender

Whatever one thinks of his achievement, Mr Vidal is in many respects an exemplary figure: a model of the genteel American, an outstanding literary stylist, and a man with the unflinching courage to say what he believes, though the heavens fall.

ECONOMIST: American literature

It is a constantly updated figure that represents an estimate of all current student loan debt outstanding.

FORBES: How to Visualize the Growing Student Loan Problem