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Dutch airline founded on October 7, 1919, and flying its first scheduled service, between Amsterdam and London, on May 17, 1920. It is the world's oldest continuously operating airline. Headquarters ...
online system
any electronic interactive system that delivers information to users via telephone lines to personal computers (PCs) or via cables to terminals. Such a service provides information, usually in text ...
flight, history of
Two stages in the jetliners development marked the 1960s. The first was the adoption of the turbofan engine. The turbofan gains economy by having much of its thrust pass around the engine core rather ...
United States
In Washington, D.C., Pres. Bill Clinton showed himself to be less of a master bridge builder than a shrewd fence straddler. In the wake of his resounding 1996 election victory, Clinton, the first ...
Information Processing and Information Systems
Sweeping change marked the U.S. computer industry in 1994 as longtime players exited the stage and rival systems struggled to dominate the next generation of personal computer (PC) operating systems ...
Calendar of 2002
U.S. fighter airplanes strike a wedding party in Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, killing some 48 civilians; the following day, for the first time in the war, the government of Afghanistan demands an ...
Transportation
(For Notable Civil Engineering Projects, see Table.)automation
Automation has been applied in various ways in the transportation industries. Applications include airline reservation systems, automatic pilots in aircraft and locomotives, and urban mass-transit ...
Australia
The Australian economy remained solid in 2004. While global restructuring by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. cost Australian jobs, the yearly unemployment rate remained below 6%. Despite the growing ...
Business and Industry Review
As the world economy climbed out of recession, prospects for tourism brightened. Despite rumours of heavy discounting, key hotels posted higher revenue levels and pointed to greater business ...
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