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Midway, Battle of
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Midway, Battle of in 1942, off the Midway Islands in the central Pacific, a decisive sea battle in which the US navy repelled a Japanese invasion fleet, sinking four aircraft carriers. This defeat marked the end of Japanese expansion in the Pacific during the Second World War.
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Midway Airlines announces 1990 FlyersFirst program.
PR Newswire; 1/4/1990; 700+ words
; MIDWAY AIRLINES ANNOUNCES 1990 FLYERSFIRST PROGRAM CHICAGO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Midway Airlines today introduced its 1990 FlyersFirst...trip- based crediting system. Because of Midway's coast-to-coast expansion, bonus...
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MIDWAY AIRLINES AND GREAT LAKES AVIATION SIGN MARKETING AGREEMENT
PR Newswire; 8/9/1995; 700+ words
; ...N.C., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Midway Airlines and Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd...will provide regional airline service at Midway's Raleigh/Durham hub for connecting...cargo. GLA will operate using the name Midway Connection and share Midway Airlines two...
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Midway Brings Back the Old School with Midway Arcade Treasures.
Business Wire; 11/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2003 Midway(R) Arcade Treasures(TM) Delivers...R), Gauntlet(R) and Joust(R) Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading...publisher and developer, announced today that Midway Arcade Treasures, the first next-generation...
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Midway puts hopes on Inspector Tequila.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 8/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...and Hong Kong at the end of August, and Midway Games Inc. couldn't be happier. Tequila is the star of Midway's long-awaited "Stranglehold" video...potential rewards that Chicago-based Midway and its video-game brethren increasingly...
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Midway Announces Changes to Its Senior Management Team.
Business Wire; 1/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...and In-Game Advertising CHICAGO -- Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) today announced that Thomas E. Powell, Midway's executive vice president, chief...Jacobson will assume expanded roles within Midway's marketing organization. Ms. Hamilton...
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Midway Goes Old School with Midway Arcade Treasures at 2003 Classic Gaming Expo.
Business Wire; 8/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2003 Midway Arcade Treasures Brings More Than 20 Classic...Time Ever on Next-Generation Consoles Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading...developer, announced today that it will make Midway(R) Arcade Treasures(TM), the first...
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Midway Airlines, American Eagle Dispute Parking Spot at North Carolina Airport.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 10/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 30--MORRISVILLE, N.C.--Midway Airlines and American Eagle, which have...American Eagle jetliner could park near a Midway gate at Terminal C. American Eagle thought they could; Midway executives said think again, and they...
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Midway Airlines Shuts Down After Northwest Drops Deal;Move Could Leave Holiday Travelers Stranded
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/14/1991; ; 700+ words
; Midway Airlines shut down service at midnight last night after...which could leave travelers with holiday reservations on Midway stranded, came hours after Northwest informed Midway that its board of directors had voted not to acquire any...
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Midway Airlines Reports Progress in Latest Attempt to Resume Flights.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...News Aug. 6--RALEIGH, N.C.--Midway Airlines said Monday that it has overcome...meeting with success along the way," Midway attorney Gerald A. "Jeb" Jeutter told bankruptcy judge A. Thomas Small. But Midway must return to court today to get some...
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Midway Deal with US Airways Triggers Passenger Scramble in Raleigh, N.C.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...childhood friend in Connecticut, so he bought Midway tickets at 11 p.m. Wednesday -- an...operations. Thursday morning he was at the Midway ticket counter, hoping for a miracle...and the guy who drives the bus said, 'Midway, Terminal C? They're not there anymore...
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Midway Games, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Midway Games, Inc. 3401 North California Avenue...Recreation, Not Elsewhere Classified Midway Games, Inc., is one of the world...video game consoles and personal computers. Midway has published or distributed some of the...
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Midway Airlines Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Midway Airlines Corporation 300 West Morgan Street...956-4800 Toll Free: 1-800-44-MIDWAY (1-800-446-4392) Fax: (919) 595...481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation Midway Airlines Corporation puts an old name on...
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Midway, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MIDWAY, BATTLE OF MIDWAY, BATTLE OF (4 – 6 June 1942), a major engagement of aircraft...Yamamoto, commander of Japan's Combined Fleet, resolved to take Midway Island and force Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the U.S...
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Midway, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Midway, battle of. This was fought between Japanese...collected a force of 145 warships to invade Midway Island, by then America's most westerly...battle, and inevitable destruction, off Midway. If he succeeded, Hawaii was Yamamoto...
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midway
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...something: [as adv. ] Father Peter came to a halt midway down the street | [as adj. ] midway profits roared from $130 million to $160 million...one thing and some of another: [as adj. ] a midway path is chosen between the diverging aspirations...
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