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Phonevision and for
As Phonevision broadcast films, it was seen as a potential competitor for traditional theatres.

Phonevision and Chicago
CBS had purchased the license to operate channel 4 in Chicago ( now WBBM-TV, which later moved to channel 2, forcing Phonevision off the air ).

Phonevision and .
The Zenith Phonevision system became the first pay-per-view system tested in the United States.
Image: Zenith Test Pattern. jpg | KS2XBS " Phonevision " test pattern
In spite of the fact that the three films initially available to the first 300 test households were more than two years old, about 18 percent of Phonevision viewers had seen them at the movies, and 92 percent of Phonevision households reported that they would prefer to see films at home.
Later moved to Channel 2, it broadcast an early form of monochrome pay-TV in 1951 as K2XBS Phonevision and conducted early color television experiments before ultimately going dark in 1953.
A decade before the 1972 premiere of HBO, WHCT's programming was an experiment between RKO and Zenith, who provided the " Phonevision " descrambler boxes.

field-tests and .
The candidates are put through extremely demanding tests, on one of the field-tests which is known to the public, each of the candidates ( which at this point of the selection consists of about 5-8 men ) must carry a rucksack while being hunted by " enemies " which consists of Home Guard-soldiers, K-9 units and policemen.
Flavil Yeakley's team of researchers conducted field-tests with members of the Boston Church of Christ using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

ran and for
We ran out of money and we haven't eaten for two days ''.
I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.
After I paid Monsieur Prieur for Dandy, I brought him home, but he was ill at ease and ran away the same night.
They ran for three hours.
For ten minutes they ran beneath the squall, raising their arms and, for the first time, shouting and capering.
The final issue of the Englishman, No. 57 for February 15, ran to some length and was printed as a separate pamphlet, entitled The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So-called.
He ran for the sick room, found his pistol was broken, and threw it away.
We ran east for about half a mile before we turned back to the road, panting from the effort and soaked with sweat.
Watson ran up the ladder and stood for a second sucking in the cool air that smelled of mud and river weeds.
So when the Big House filled up and ran over, the sisters-in-law found beds for everyone in their own homes.
set production ( excluding those destined for the export market ) also ran ahead in the early months, but was curtailed after the usual vacation shutdowns in the face of growing evidence that some of the early production plans had been overly optimistic.
The average reader of this magazine owns more than one gun ( we ran a survey to find out ) but he's always on the lookout for new and better arms.
Instead, he whirled and ran to his house for a gun, forcing them to kill him, Cook reported.
During Dulles's first two years in office, while Republicans ran the Senate, the Department was at the mercy of men who had thirsted for its blood since 1945.
The game players saw the Air Force film Monday, ran for 30 minutes, then went in, while the reserves scrimmaged for 45 minutes.
Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.
And so the sun came up again and for a moment its color was the young men's blood, shifting then into the full heat and outcry which ran with their hearts.
In late 1854, Lincoln ran as a Whig for the U. S. Senate seat from Illinois.
Absalom himself was caught by his head in the boughs of an oak-tree as the mule he was riding ran beneath it-an irony given that he was previously renowned for his abundant hair and handsome head.
In 1839, Johnson entered the race for re-election to his House seat, initially as a Whig ; when another Whig entry arose, to enhance his position in the campaign, he ran as a Democrat and was elected to his second, non-consecutive term in the Tennessee House.
In 1872 he ran for election to fill Tennessee's new at – large seat in the House of Representatives.
The King ran an office for captives from the Royal Palace, which leveraged the Spanish diplomatic and military network abroad to intercede for thousands of prisoners-of-war, receiving and answering letters from Europe.
While the issue of military funding was perhaps the most obvious explanation for Grothendieck's departure from IHÉS, those who knew him say that the causes of the rupture ran deeper.

ran and 90
It generates about 90 % of export revenues, making the country particularly vulnerable to terms of trade shocks: the current account deficit in 2007 ran at 15 % of GDP.
( 1912 ), which ran for 90 minutes, and Pastrone's Cabiria of 1914, which ran for two and a half hours.
Hefner and Burns later collaborated on numerous other television projects, most notably on The Girls Next Door, a reality series that ran for six seasons ( 2005 – 2009 ) and 90 episodes.
He ran for a total 154 kickoff return yards, and also recorded a Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards, thus tying the Super Bowl records of total return yards ( 244 ) and combined net yards gained ( 244 ).
Because the whole play is less than an hour long ( a subsequent film version of the play ran 90 minutes ), the second story simply gets in the way.
Note that US 10, US 60, and US 90 only ran about two-thirds of the way across the country, while US 11 and US 60 ran significantly diagonally.
This series ran for 3 episodes of 90 minutes each.
Shortly after the Strontium 90 gig, Summers ran into Copeland, and sensing Sting's increasing dissatisfaction at Padovani's relative limited abilities, proposed to join the band on the condition that they would be a trio.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, Closner and his Democratic machine ran unopposed, and nominees for district and state offices received 90 percent of the votes.
From early September 2005 to early December 2005, they ran the " New Waveland Cafe and Clinic " located in the parking lot of Fred's Dept Store on Highway 90.
Jackie Parker of the Eskimos recovered the bouncing ball on the 20 and ran 90 yards for what would prove to be the game-winning touchdown.
The cost of cleaning up the mess ran up to 188 million guilders ( approximately 90 million US dollars ).
From early September to early December 2005, they ran the " New Waveland Cafe & Clinic " located in the parking lot of Fred's Dept Store on Highway 90.
The affordable System 80 series of small mainframes ran the OS / 3 operating system which originated on the Univac 90 / 30 ( and later 90 / 25, and 90 / 40 ).
The UNIVAC 90 / 60 Series first ran with Univac developed OS / 9, which was later replaced by RCA's Virtual Memory Operating System ( VMOS ).
The show, which ran 90 minutes per episode, was highly regarded for its thrilling theme music, top-notch production values, and Whitman's performance.
Edge's secretary, Dorothy Levitt, drove a 100 hp ( 74. 6 kW ) development of the K5 at the Blackpool and Brighton Speed Trials in 1905, and the next year, ran the L48 at the Blackpool Speed Trials, showing talent by equalling Edge's speed and setting a women's record in the flying kilometre of 90. 88 mph ( 146. 25 km / h ).
* SM ' 90: The SM ' 90 EMUs ( railhopper ) ran on the line Zwolle – Emmen.
Before the start of the second season, ABC ran a 90 minute retrospective clip show called " Who Killed Peter?

5.441 seconds.