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glorious the Glorious Revolution the events (1688–9) that led to the replacement, in 1689, of James II by his daughter Mary II and her husband William of Orange (who became William III) as joint monarchs. The bloodless ‘revolution’ greatly enhanced the constitutional powers of Parliament, with William and Mary's acceptance of the conditions laid down in the Bill of Rights.
The term is first recorded in a sermon preached on 5 November 1716, which coupled the discovery of the
Gunpowder Plot with the Glorious Revolution as examples of divine intervention.
the Glorious Twelfth 12 August, on which the grouse-shooting season opens; the term is recorded from the late 19th century.
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Videotex may revolutionize your home life
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/23/1986; ; 700+ words
; Q. Is videotex anything to get excited about? A. Videotex will probably be the next big electronic sensation in the American home. Videotex is a generic term for a two-way electronic system that makes information in computers easily available...
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Videotex booster, local distributors exchange lawsuits. (Data-Tel Video Text Inc.)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 3/19/1990; ; 700+ words
; Videotex booster, local distributors exchange...write it off and keep on trucking." Videotex of Southern California Inc. signed contracts...around a telecommunications trend called "videotex," similar to a computer bulletin board...
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Developing videotex as a consumer medium.
Magazine article from: Information Today; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Developing Videotex as a Consumer Medium A good videotex service grabs its users, drawing them farther and farther...or another. Being attractive to users is what consumer videotex is all about. Videotex for business users can be simply...
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Why consider videotex? (column)
Magazine article from: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management; 4/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; Why consider videotex? The controversy continues over whether videotex (which allows two-way interaction between sender...of Consumer Reports, which recently introduced a Videotex service. BB: Why should a publisher of a consumer...
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Lessons from the "videotex school of hard knocks." (column)
Magazine article from: Online; 1/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...ONLINE, November 1990), I introduced the subject of videotex and presented a few impressions of the Videotex '90 conference held in May, 1990. This column continues our look at videotex and examines some reasons why the hopes of its developers...
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And you thought videotex was dead!
Magazine article from: Online; 11/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; And You Thought Videotex Was Dead! It would be difficult to...these companies are known generally as videotex, and it is probably safe to say that...them as they could be. My interest in videotex was piqued when I attended the fifth...
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French seek to repeat videotex success in U.S. (includes related article on Minitel aiding cable TV)
Magazine article from: Communications News; 6/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; FRENCH SEEK TO REPEAT VIDEOTEX SUCCESS IN U.S. A little over a...has bee the success of the French videotex system, originally called Teletel...than 200,000 subscribers to their videotex services. Mindful of the united Europe...
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World trade group elects Texas president. (International Videotex Industry Association, Amin Rahme)
PR Newswire; 11/20/1987; 700+ words
; ...first time a truly international videotex forum took place in Paris, it was announced today by the International Videotex Industry Association (IVIA). Until...local attendees. Out of the 110 videotex specialists at the forum in Paris...
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Brighter Picture Is Appearing for Business Videotex.
Magazine article from: Communications News; 8/1/1985; ; 700+ words
; While public videotex services continue to languish in the US, the picture for business videotex brightening. This past year has seen a major...Corporation and Honeywell into the business videotex arena, as well as significant joint-venture...
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VIA to take part in research project. (Videotex Industry Association)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 4/1/1989; 700+ words
; ...Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) and the Videotex Industry Association (VIA) have joined...demonstration project to explore how videotex, a growing interactive medium, can...potential role for cities and countries as videotex service providers and users. The project...
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videotex
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
videotex communications service that is linked...pictorial information at home. Traditional videotex systems are limited to menu-oriented...viewing screen. There are two forms of videotex systems. One-way teletext systems permit...
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CompuServe Incorporated
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...personal computer users worldwide with videotex, a system for accessing electronic information...services. Through its pioneering efforts in videotex technology, CompuServe introduced an...as research and development. Through videotex, CompuServe enabled users to perform...
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CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...services. Through its pioneering efforts in videotex technology, CompuServe introduced an...as research and development. Through videotex, CompuServe enabled users to perform...Americans became more willing to explore videotex transactions. CompuServe reported that...
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Prodigy Communications Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...joint venture, named Trintex, to offer videotex services. In this pre-Internet era, Videotex was a system enabling subscribers to obtain...news, home shopping, and catalogs. Other videotex ventures, most notably Knight-Ridder...
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Mecklermedia Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...cover the emerging technology. Software Review and Videodisc-Videotex, a quarterly launched in 1981, were two of his earliest moves...had already positioned himself in this area with Videodisc-Videotex, and he sponsored his first trade shows on the subject of...
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