plimsoll
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plimsoll P.('s) line,
mark load-line on the hull of a ship XIX; rubber-soled sports shoe XX. Name of Samuel Plimsoll, English politician, to whose agitation the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 was largely due.
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Proteus Nominated for Two W@P Awards(TM).
PR Newswire; 10/17/2000; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteus, Inc., a leading Internet professional...for Advicezone. In each category, the Proteus applications were selected from approximately...WAP Congress 2000 in Seville, Spain. Proteus also announced this week that it has been...
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Proteus Develops Milestone 500th Banner Advertising Campaign.
PR Newswire; 12/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteus, Inc., Washington, DC's leading...quality of the company's work. "For Proteus, building banner advertisements and Web...clients meet their online goals," said Proteus' President Patrick McQuown. "Our 500th...
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-PROTEUS SOFTWARE: Out of Africa -- Proteus leads the way
M2 Presswire; 6/11/1998; 568 words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-11 June 1998-PROTEUS SOFTWARE: Out of Africa -- Proteus leads the way (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:100698 Proteus Software Limited, the Midlands based UK software authors, have recently announced their latest...
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Proteus and webnet-marketing Announce Alliance to Provide Wireless Internet Advertising; New Advertising Model to Be Demonstrated at Wireless 2000 Featuring Network Solutions, Inc.
PR Newswire; 4/7/2000; 700+ words
; ...Internet development and consulting agency Proteus and webnet-marketing, one of the largest...wireless Internet advertising solutions. Proteus Inc. and webnet-marketing, inc...handsets, delivered within a proprietary Proteus wireless application. The advertisements...
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PROTEUS SOFTWARE: Proteus announce record results >T.
M2 Presswire; 10/28/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 1999-PROTEUS SOFTWARE: Proteus announce record results (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:271099 Proteus Software Ltd., the leading Midlands based software author and supplier of distribution and financial...
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PROTEUS Expands Corporate and Engineering Office Facilities.
PR Newswire; 3/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...Caters to Clients, Partners, & PROTEUS' Engineering Staff's Needs ANNAPOLIS...JUNCTION, Md., March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- PROTEUS Technologies, a leading provider of software...approximately 26,000 square feet and make PROTEUS the majority stakeholder in the building...
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PROTEUS HOSTING: Proteus launches the UK's most fefeature-rich web hosting service.
M2 Presswire; 11/1/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-1 November 1999-PROTEUS HOSTING: Proteus launches the UK's most feature-rich web hosting service...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:311099 On 1st November 1999 Proteus Hosting, a division of Proteus the Internet Consultancy...
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Proteus Environmental Inc. - Update to Licensing Agreement.
Business Wire; 1/10/1997; 700+ words
; CALGARY, ALBERTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 1997-- Proteus (Alberta Stock Exchange PEV.) Proteus Environmental Inc. ("Proteus") announced that the licensors of the Modular Effluent Treatment Systems ("METS...
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-PROTEUS: Proteus sales manager returns from teaching his South African colleagues how to play cricket!
M2 Presswire; 7/13/1998; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-13 July 1998-PROTEUS: Proteus sales manager returns from teaching his South African colleagues...Tim North, Sales Manager of Birmingham Software House, Proteus Software Limited, has recently returned from two months with...
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Proteus' Quick-Load Dynamic Interstitial Brings Internet Advertising Beyond the Banner.
PR Newswire; 11/2/1998; 662 words
; ...WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteus, Inc., Washington, DC's leading...viewed on washingtonpost.com or at www.proteus.com/wpni/jcp. Users who click on...interstitial -- that builds brand recognition. Proteus' back-end design then automatically...
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Proteus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Proteus Proteus was an ancient Greek god also known as the old man of the sea. He served...Neptune*, watching over his flocks of seals. In return, Neptune gave Proteus the gift of prophecy. prophecy foretelling of what is to come; also...
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Proteus Steinmetz The German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923), by devoting...1924); John E. Hammond, Charles Proteus Steinmetz: A Biography (1924); and...
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Steinmetz, Charles Proteus 1865-1923
Book article from: American Decades
STEINMETZ, CHARLES PROTEUS 1865-1923 Electrical engineer Early Life in Europe Charles Proteus Steinmetz was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), in 1865. He was educated at the University of Breslau, whose physics department...
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proteus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
proteus (Gr. and Rom. myth.) sea-god fabled to change his shape, transf. and fig. XVI; amoeba; genus of bacteria; genus of amphibians XIX. — L. — Gr. Proteús . Hence protean changing, varying. XVI.
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Proteus anguinus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Proteus anguinus ( olm , cave salamander ) See PROTEIDAE .
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