The barge and canal system contended favorably with the railways in the early industrial revolution prior to around the 1850s – 1960s for example, the Erie Canal in New York State is credited by economic historians with giving the growth boost needed for New York City to eclipse Philadelphia as America's largest port and city but such canal systems with their locks, need for maintenance and dredging, pumps and sanitary issues were eventually outcompeted in the carriage of high-value items by the railways due to the higher speed, falling costs, and route flexibility of Rail transport.

Finance Minister Winston Dookeran unveiled the largest Budget ( TT $ 54Billion ) in the history of the nation in October 2011, re iterating the Government's resolve to transform the economy, which will boost investor confidence in the nation.

This not only gave the local economy a boost, but also drew positive attention to Enschede's gay community, the largest in the east of the Netherlands.

Farming and ranching remain among the largest industries in the county and tourism got a boost with the construction and opening of a 60-room, world-class lodge and guest cabins on the top of Mount Magazine, which is 19 miles from Paris.

Miskolc is generally thought of as an industrial city, and the largest boost to its economy was indeed provided by the industrialization during the Socialist era ; in fact industry ( including metallurgy ) has a long history in the city.

The University of Alberta library system received a tremendous boost with the opening of the Rutherford Library in May 1951, and now has one of the largest research libraries systems in North America.

Edwards received a major boost when he was endorsed by Iowa's largest newspaper.

Hoping to boost morale Trochu launched the largest attack from Paris on November 30 even though he had little hope of achieving a breakthrough.

Though there were untold numbers and types of problems facing the generals and admirals in the war theater, the largest single problem was how to boost and keep up the morale of the hundreds of thousands of servicemen under their command.

The town's economic activity is further given boost by the opening and existence of major business commercial establishments like a mall-the Liberty Commercial Center ( Bicol's largest mall chain ) and the Novo Asia Jeans and Shirts.

DC Comics, Inc. ( founded in 1934 as National Allied Publications ) is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media.

In the succeeding dynasty, emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty personally composed 40, 000 poems as part of a 4. 7 million page library in 4 divisions, including thousands of essays, called the Siku Quanshu which is probably the largest collection of books in the world.

By 1998 Star Trek TV shows, movies, books, videotapes, and licensing provided so much of the studio's profit that " it is not possible to spend any reasonable amount of time at Paramount and not be aware of presence "; filming for Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine required up to nine of the largest of the studio's 36 sound stages.

The largest Polybian work was, of course, his Histories, of which only the first five books survive entirely intact, along with a large portion of the sixth book and fragments of the rest.

Ze ' evi was famous for having one of the largest collection of books about Israel and its history.

The library and archives at Kew are one of the world's largest botanical collections, with over half a million items, including books, botanical illustrations, photographs, letters and manuscripts, periodicals, and maps.

The Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources ( SULAIR ) hold a collection of nearly 9 million volumes, 260, 000 rare or special books, 1. 5 million e-books, 1. 5 million audiovisual materials, 75, 000 serials, 6 million microform holdings, and thousands of other digital resources, making it one of the largest and most diverse academic library systems in the world.

* In China, written work begins on the Siku Quanshu, the largest literary compilation of books in China's history ( surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th Century ).

This decision was especially significant, because, of the three books mentioned, Fanny Hill has by far the largest measure of content that seems to appeal to prurient interest, and the smallest measures of literary merit and " redeeming social importance ".

At the same time, he privately studied Polynesian culture and history, consulting what was then the world's largest private collection of books and papers on Polynesia, owned by Bjarne Kropelien, a wealthy wine merchant in Oslo.

By far, the largest proportion of respondents in the three countries ( 74 % in Canada, 67 % in Britain and 63 % in the United States ) said that conversations with friends were “ very useful ” or “ moderately useful .” The next reputable source was the media ( television, books, movies, magazines ), mentioned by three-in-five Britons ( 65 %) and Canadians ( 62 %) and more than half of Americans ( 54 %) as useful.

OUP is the largest university press in the world by the number of publications, publishing more than 4, 500 new books every year and employing some 4, 000 people.

An admiring correspondent of Petrarch, he spent much of his salary on amassing a collection of 800 books, the largest library in Florence at the time.

UEA publishes books and has the largest mail-order Esperanto bookstore in the world ( with over 6000 books, CDs and other items ).

Cyril and Methodius National Library houses the largest national collection of books and documents ( 1, 714, 211 books and some 6 million other documents ) and is Bulgaria's oldest cultural institute.

In 1996 the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. became the largest single repository of the artist's work when Lichtenstein donated 154 prints and 2 books.

An unusual feature of this is the actual stealing and moving of the palantír of Osgiliath, which was, in the books, supposedly the largest one.

The largest library in Sydney is the State Library of New South Wales, which hold over 4. 7 million items, including 2 million books.

"... creating a series of trusses which were built up from shorter section and held in place by their own weight, with help from judiciously placed iron bolts and plates .. so effective the roof that for nearly a century the University Press stored its books ... and for many years it was the largest unsupported floor in existence ...'

The museum houses the National Art Library, containing over 750, 000 books, it is one of the world's largest libraries dedicated to the study of fine and decorative arts.

The censorship in Hamburg was relatively lax but Campe had to worry about Prussia, the largest German state which had the largest market for books ( it was estimated that one-third of the German readership was Prussian ).

The VAX was a best-seller, with over 400, 000 sold, and its sales through the 1980s propelled the company into the second largest in the industry.

General Motors Company, commonly known as GM ( listed General Motors Corporation before 2009 ), is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, and the world's largest automaker, by vehicle unit sales, in 2011.

The collapse of the pulp industry changed the landscape of publishing because pulps were the single largest sales outlet for short stories.

In 2011 Škoda sold a record number of 875, 000 cars, and it stated that it aimed to double its sales by 2018, as part of the Volkswagen Group's plan to become the largest car maker in the world.

The largest exporters of raw cotton are the United States, with sales of $ 4. 9 billion, and Africa, with sales of $ 2. 1 billion.

It set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $ 14. 75 million in ticket sales.

Hyundai was founded in 1967 and it, along with Kia, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group, which is the world's fourth largest automobile manufacturer based on annual vehicle sales in 2010.

In 2004, Hyundai Motor Company had $ 57. 2 billion in sales in South Korea making it the country's second largest corporation, or chaebol.

After a recent survey of global automotive sales, Hyundai is now the fourth largest automaker in the world as of 2009.

BAe was the UK's largest exporter, a Competition Commission report gives a ten-year aggregate figure of £ 45 billion, with defence sales accounting for approximately 80 %.

France is the world's second-largest hip-hop market and the fifth largest global music market, with 7 percent of the world's music sales, but with an unusually high quantity of local product ( Negus: 159-60 ), although the domestic share of the French music market dropped from 48 percent to 44 percent in 1998 ( Boehm 1999 ).

* Cadbury, one of the world's largest chocolate companies, has begun certifying its Dairy Milk bars as Fair Trade ; according to Cadbury, in 2010 " around one quarter of ... global sales " of these bars will be Fair Trade .< ref >“ Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk Goes Global as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand take Fairtrade Further Into Mainstream .” Cadbury PLC 2010.

1-2-3 was the most powerful spreadsheet available in the new PC-compatible market ; sales were enormous, turning Lotus into the largest independent software vendor in the world almost overnight.

In 2004 Aprilia was acquired by Piaggio & C. SpA, to form the world ’ s fourth largest motorcycle group with 1. 5 billion Euro in sales, an annual production capacity of over 600, 000 vehicles, and a presence in 50 countries.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the county's largest communities voted to legalize alcohol sales: Jackson on May 10, 2005 ; Thomasville on August 14, 2007 ; and Grove Hill on November 3, 2009.

His time in the office was very busy as the government was going through one of its largest periods of land sales in history.

Terrell County became one of the biggest sheep and wool producers in the U. S. In 1926, eleven thousand lambs averaging $ 6 per head were sold in one of the largest lamb sales in history.

Production from the open cut area started in 1953 and proved to be one of the largest economic influences in the development of the Top End, with sales to the United Kingdom for their atomic weapons program.

Keo has become particularly notable in recent years for its marketing of antiques, with the largest dealer — Morris Antiques — operating a 10-building complex including space for item sales and antique restoration.

In the early 2000s, however, the Super Kmart location in Savi Ranch West went out of business, and The Home Depot moved into that location to build what was at the time the company's largest store and in the process took the sales tax across the city boundary.

The largest industry is real estate with sales in excess of $ 1 billion in 2005.

Sealy Corporation, the world ’ s largest manufacturer of bedding products with sales of $ 1. 2 billion in 2003, is headquartered in Trinity, North Carolina.

Under his guidance, Amazon. com became the largest retailer on the World Wide Web and the model for Internet sales.