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Bristol
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Bristol A city at the junction of the rivers Avon and Frome. It is not recorded before
c.1020, but by 1066 was a flourishing port. The Normans built there one of the key strategic castles of England. By 1216 Bristol was influential enough to have an elected mayor. In 1377 it ranked in the poll tax as the largest provincial town after York; its importance was recognized in 1373 when the king made it a county corporate; later its status was further enhanced when it became a cathedral city (1542). Bristol enjoyed a golden age in the late 17th and 18th cents. Its wealth came chiefly from transatlantic trade (especially in slaves) and its associated new industries (sugar and tobacco). By 1800, however, it was overtaken in importance by Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. In the 1830s and 1840s I. K.
Brunel helped to make Bristol an important terminus for railways and for Atlantic steamships, and from 1868 new docks at Avonmouth helped the city recover prosperity.
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Bristol snubbed by cruise liner ; Disappointed tourism chiefs who discovered at the 11th hour a giant cruise ship carrying 700 passengers had snubbed Bristol in favour of quaint Dartmouth have called on port authorities to work with them to lure similar vessels to the city in the future.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 9/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...ship carrying 700 passengers had snubbed Bristol in favour of quaint Dartmouth have called...city in the future. Civic leaders in Bristol were poised to stage a major welcome party...cruise liner in 10 years to sail up the Bristol Channel, is now being re-routed to...
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Bristol pull off thrilling victory
Newspaper article from: Bristol Evening Post; 2/22/2005; 700+ words
; Bristol and West AC's senior women pushed themselves...the event by finishing second, the first Bristol athlete to get a medal since Nick Rose...lowest points for fielding nine runners. Bristol and West's Under-20 men rose to the...
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Bristol Technology Files Response to Microsoft Corp's Brief; Sun Microsystems Files an Affidavit in Support of Bristol's Case Against Microsoft.
Business Wire; 10/5/1998; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Bristol Technology Inc. filed a reply brief...September 25, 1998 opposition memorandum to Bristol's motion for a preliminary injunction. In conjunction with Bristol's brief is an affidavit from Brian...
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Bristol Hotels & Resorts(TM) Earns Best Business Practices Award for 'Building Strategic Alliances'
PR Newswire; 9/15/1997; 700+ words
; ...15 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 9, Bristol Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BH) was...individually. The award is based on the recent Bristol alliance with Bass Plc of the United Kingdom...Inn Worldwide) of Atlanta, in which Bristol acquired 60 full-service, company owned...
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BRISTOL IDEAL STARTING PLACE TO MARK INDEPENDENCE DAY.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...APRIL SELLEY Special to the Times Union Bristol, Rhode Island, the town with the oldest...also the best time for others to visit. Bristol in July is usually blessed with shimmering...and surrounded on three sides by water, Bristol offers a handy departure point for most...
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BRISTOL TECHNOLOGY LICENSES MICROSOFT WINDOWS SOURCE CODE; BRISTOL TO DELIVER OLE 2.0 ON UNIX
PR Newswire; 9/26/1994; 700+ words
; ...Conn., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol Technology Inc. and Microsoft Corporation...and Windows NT(TM) source code to Bristol under the Windows Interface Source Environment...WISE) program. The agreement allows Bristol to use the Microsoft technology to enhance...
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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FILES CLAIMS AGAINST CANADIAN COMPANY FOR MISREPRESENTATION OF ANTICANCER PRODUCT
PR Newswire; 7/5/1995; 700+ words
; MONTREAL, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today issued the following: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Inc. today announced they have filed further claims in the Federal Court of...
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Bristol Park features low-maintenance luxury Pulte Homes
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 10/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...decorated Fenwick model at Pulte Homes' Bristol Park townhome community in Wood Dale. Pulte Homes has announced that Bristol Park, a luxury townhome community...fine dining. Covering 12-acres, Bristol Park has been planned for 121 townhomes...
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Bristol Hotels & Resorts to Acquire 20 Hotels from Longtime Holiday Inn(R) Franchisee
PR Newswire; 2/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...Franchisee DALLAS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BH) announced...represents a 14 percent increase in Bristol's owned rooms and extends its presence...new markets. Under the transaction, Bristol will acquire by merger Omaha Hotel, Inc...
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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB TAKES EQUITY POSITION IN IXSYS -- WILL FUND THREE-YEAR R&D PROGRAM
PR Newswire; 6/30/1993; 700+ words
; ...30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ixsys, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Group announced...companies have signed an agreement in which Bristol-Myers Squibb will take an equity position...than $10 million in funding and gives Bristol-Myers Squibb a slightly more than 9...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 345 Park Avenue...4020 Public Company Incorporated: 1900 as Bristol-Myers Company Employees: 54,100 Sales...to survive. One such combination united Bristol-Myers Company and the Squibb Corporation...
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Bristol Hotel Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Bristol Hotel Company 14285 Midway Road, Suite...full-service hotels in North America, Bristol Hotel Company operates in 19 of the top...clustered in 25 states and in Canada. Bristol, the largest Holiday Inn franchisee in...
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Bristol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bristol city (1991 pop. 370,300), SW England...confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. Bristol, a leading international port, has extensive...British supersonic airliner, was built in Bristol. Others industries include flour milling...
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Bristol Old Vic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Bristol Old Vic. In 1943 the old Theatre Royal in Bristol , helped by the Council for the Encouragement of Music...CEMA and the London Old Vic , a new resident company, the Bristol Old Vic, was launched under Hugh Hunt , soon achieving...
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Bristol, diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Bristol, diocese of. The see, founded in 1542...now roughly conterminous with the city of Bristol, but at first included all Dorset, taken...which bishops wanted rapid preferment, Bristol proved a useful tool for 18th-cent...
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