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salon, saloon. 1. Large, high room, frequently with a vaulted ceiling, and often of double height (i.e. rising the equivalent of two storeys), serving as one of the principal reception-rooms in a palace or great house, or as a means of communication through which the main rooms can be reached (
called salone in Italian). Sometimes it was circular or elliptical on plan.
2. Large apartment or hall, especially in a hotel or other place frequented by the public, adapted for assemblies, entertainments, exhibitions, etc.
3. Public room for a specific purpose, e.g. billiards, dancing, or drinking (
saloon-bar)
4. A drawing-room in a house.
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SALON INTERNET: Salon becomes Salon.com, expands from web magazine to online network.
M2 Presswire; 4/5/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 1999-SALON INTERNET: Salon becomes Salon.com, expands from web magazine to online network (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:050499 -- Redesign features 10 sites, including new Health and People sites San...
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Salons step up services to make mark.(News)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 9/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...independent beauty salons are operated in Northeast...automatically ensure a salon's success. These days, salons and spas that are booming...However, not all salon owners saw such strong...climate. East Side salons Markfrank and Rosalina...
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Salons decry lawsuits as `legal shakedowns'.(The Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...s Vietnamese nail salon owners are steeling...were filed against salons in Riverside and...one San Bernardino salon but are open-ended to allow hundreds of salons to be added. Attorney...file suit against salons in Orange and Los...Express Nails, the salon named in the Riverside...
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Salon Today Announces 2009 Salons of the Year Winners.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 6/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...Publishing Corp.'s Salon Today announced the 20 most gorgeous salons across North America...editor in chief of Salon Today. "The 20 winning salons showcase the most...data on 16 other salon designs that earned...designation of "Salons of Distinction...
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Salon.com Launches Broadband Division and Names Two Executives to Develop And Market Interactive Content.
PR Newswire; 2/8/2000; 700+ words
; ...Partners SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ --Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN) (www.salon.com), one of the leading Internet media companies...applications. Capitalizing on strategic partnerships, Salon.com will distribute unique rich media content...
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Salon.com Capitalizes on Election Year With New Destination Site - www.Politics2000.com.
PR Newswire; 1/10/2000; 700+ words
; ...SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN), ( http://www.salon.com ), one of the leading Internet media...a major initiative and new site within the Salon.com network -- Politics2000.com, located...
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Salon.com Rolls Out Multi-Million Dollar TV Campaign Featuring Al Gore, Martha Stewart, Howard Stern, Pope John Paul II And Others.
PR Newswire; 9/27/1999; 700+ words
; ...SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN) (http://www.salon.com ), one of the Internet's leading media...that can only be found on a Web network like Salon.com. Using computer-generated "floating...
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Salon.com Launches Online Audio Service With theDial.
PR Newswire; 11/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...Establishes Potential New Revenue Stream via Broadcast Advertising On 'Salon.com on theDial' SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN) (www.salon.com), one of the Internet's leading media companies, today...
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Salon.com Enters European Market, Inks Content Licensing and Revenue Share Deal With Italy's Largest Publisher.
PR Newswire; 4/7/2000; 700+ words
; Mondadori of Italy to use Salon.com Content On Its Portal and Both Parties Explore...Joint Venture SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN) (www.salon.com), one of the leading Internet media companies...
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Salon.com Launches Salon Audio.
PR Newswire; 10/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN), one of the Internet...companies, announced today the launch of Salon Audio, the easy-to-navigate, new home of Salon's audio offerings. Salon Audio now offers...
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Salons
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
SALONS SALONS. The salon was a venue for intellectual sociability...how many other salons or would-be salons met briefly or in obscurity, and to what effect? A salon was easy to establish — there...
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Salon
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Salon. France's official art exhibition, first...from 1737 the exhibitions were held in the Salon Carré in the Louvre (various other...dissatisfaction with this situation led to the Salon des Refusés in 1863. In 1881 the...
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Salon d'Automne
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...alternative to the official Salon and other current exhibiting venues, including the Salon des Indépendants...of Art Nouveau . The early Salons d'Automne played an important...avant-garde. However, the Salon d'Automne is famous above...
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Salon des Refusés
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Salon des Refusés. Exhibition held in...by the selection committee of the official Salon . In that year there were particularly strong...unfavourable reaction to the works shown there, the Salon des Refusés was of great significance...
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"The Village," the Salons, and Other Gatherings
Book article from: American Decades
"THE VILLAGE," THE SALONS, AND OTHER GATHERINGS The Birth...Chicago Little Theater. The Salons In New York there were two influential salons — regular, planned...Arensbergs' gatherings was the salon of Mabel Dodge, an intellectual...
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