As a result of its free availability, knowledge of BASIC became relatively widespread ( for a computer language ) and BASIC was implemented by a number of manufacturers, becoming fairly popular on newer minicomputers like the DEC PDP series and the Data General Nova.

The Data General Nova was a popular 16-bit minicomputer built by the American company Data General starting in 1969.

One highly popular and respected General Agency program is the “ Week of Compassion ,” named for the special offering to fund the program when it began in the 1950s.

General Maxwell quickly signalled his intention " to arrest all dangerous Sinn Feiners ", including " those who have taken an active part in the movement although not in the present rebellion ", reflecting the popular belief that Sinn Féin, a separatist organisation that was neither militant nor republican, was behind the Rising.

General aviation is particularly popular in North America, with over 6, 300 airports available for public use by pilots of general aviation aircraft ( around 5, 200 airports in the U. S., and over 1, 000 in Canada ).

After Brezhnev's death in November 1982, there was speculation the position of General Secretary would fall to Chernenko, however he was unable to rally enough popular support for his candidacy within the Party, and the posting fell to former KGB chief Yuri Andropov.

The General Council of Martinique is composed of 45 seats whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

MUMPS was developed with the support of a government research grant, and so MUMPS was released to the public domain ( no longer a requirement for grants ), and was soon ported to a number of other systems including the popular DEC PDP-8, the Data General Nova and the DEC PDP-11 and the Artronix PC12 minicomputer.

General overview for a popular reading audience.

Olds Motor Works soon adopted the popular name of its vehicles, Oldsmobile ( which, along with Buick and Cadillac, became founding divisions of General Motors Corporation ).

One of the first and most popular supercouples was Luke Spencer and Laura Webber in General Hospital.

In 1894, he published his handbook on parliamentary procedure, titled Reed's Rules: A Manual of General Parliamentary Law, which was, at the time, a very popular text on the subject and is still in use in the legislature of the State of Washington.

He supported popular election of United States Senators, and the constitutional amendment to allow it was ratified by the Indiana General Assembly during his term.

" The Dubai government ordered Tecom to shut down the popular independent Pakistani news channels Geo News and ARY One World on the demand of Pakistan's military regime led by General Pervez Musharraf.

Students can choose from 40 majors, with the most popular being Elementary Education and Teaching, Marketing / Marketing Management, General, and Natural Resources / Conservation.

Attempting to repeat their earlier successes, the Whigs nominated popular General Winfield Scott, who lost decisively to the Democrats ' Franklin Pierce.

After Rational Software Corporation hired James Rumbaugh from General Electric in 1994, the company became the source for the two most popular object-oriented modeling approaches of the day: Rumbaugh's Object-modeling technique ( OMT ), which was better for object-oriented analysis ( OOA ), and Grady Booch's Booch method, which was better for object-oriented design ( OOD ).

The character Gus Griswald in the popular children's TV show Recess is named after Grissom ( his fictional father is a General in the US Army and Gus is his recruit ).

In addition to commercial software developers, CVS has become popular with the open source software world and is released under the GNU General Public License.

Both major parties courted General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the most popular general of World War II and a favorite of Democrats.

General MacArthur, the famous war hero was especially popular among conservatives.

The Republican Party countered with popular war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower and won in a landslide, ending 20 consecutive years of Democratic control of the White House.

In discussions featuring Isabella, the Thorpe sisters, Eleanor, and Henry, and by Catherine perusing the library of the General, and her mother's books on instructions on behaviours, the reader gains further insights into Austen's various perspectives on novels in contrast with other popular literature of the time ( especially the Gothic novel ).

These included the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Comte de Mirabeau, a popular pamphleteer who repeated ideals that had been the basis for the American Revolution.

The best-known, most elaborate, and most popular events are in New Orleans, while other South Louisiana cities such as Lake Charles, Lafayette, Mamou, Houma, and Thibodaux all of which were under French control at one time or another, are the sites of famous Carnival celebrations of their own.

He was popular with his classmates, however, and befriended a number of men who would become prominent during the Civil War, including George Henry Thomas, William S. Rosecrans, John Pope, D. H. Hill, Lafayette McLaws, George Pickett, and Ulysses S. Grant of the class of 1843.

Lafayette re-visited New Hampshire and all the other states in an extremely popular, triumphal tour during 1824-1825, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

In order to keep the Lafayette name, which was popular in New York, Circuit City changed the store names to " Lafayette-Circuit City ".

Science kits were popular, and Lafayette offered a small Atom Smasher ( van de Graaff generator ), Model F-371.

The Louisiana version is normally simmered or braised, although coating with oil and slow grilling for tailgating is becoming a popular option in Lafayette, New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Lafayette re-visited New Hampshire and all the other states in an extremely popular, triumphal tour during 1824-1825, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

His first film productions were for German television, and it was during his work on the popular German Tatort ( Crime Scene ) TV series that he first met and worked with the actor Jürgen Prochnow — who would later appear as the U-boat captain in Petersen's famous Das Boot.

Stefan de Vrij would be taking up the vacant spot for captain, considering his time and experiences with Feyenoord, making Jordy Clasie, who because of his good play and tenacity soon became one of the most popular players among the supporters, vice-captain.

They began trading or releasing many popular players to avoid paying their salaries, including star scorer Zigmund Palffy, team captain Linden, former rookie of the year Bryan Berard, and rugged defenseman Rich Pilon.

He was an honors student, president of the Science Club, captain of the Cross-Country team, and as one of the most popular students in Hialeah High School, was voted Most Intellectual and Most All-Around.

Spinach became a popular vegetable in the Arab Mediterranean and arrived in Spain by the latter part of the 12th century, where the great Arab agronomist Ibn al -' Awwam called it the " captain of leafy greens ".

One of the most popular players with both his teammates and the fans, the " Little Colonel " was the Dodgers ' team captain, and he, not the manager, brought out the line-up card at the start of their games.

* Jennifer Mills ( Form 6 ) and Kitty at St. Clare ' sJennifer is a kind girl who is head girl and sports captain, and she is very popular.

In fact, the Duke was the President of Sussex County Cricket Club, had been instrumental in Dexter's appointment as county captain, shared his interests in horse racing and golf and was very popular with the Australian public.

The editor of Private Eye and team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You.

The British ships, of course, were very popular because they were wet and the Americans ' were dry, and so they were all having a marvellous time when the captain grabbed hold of me.

Among Nieuwendyk's decisions in his first two seasons as general manager was to allow popular former captain Mike Modano to leave the organization after 22 years with the franchise in 2010.

Luke is a rich, spoiled and popular Newport Beach student and captain of the water polo team who does not have much of a tolerance for outsiders, as shown by his fight with Ryan Atwood ( who came from Chino ), in the pilot episode.

Fred Wills served as club captain for the Demerara Cricket Club ( DCC ) in Georgetown, Guyana, and was a popular announcer at cricket games in the U. S. Guyanese cricket fans have proposed renaming the DCC Pavilion as Fred Wills Pavilion.

His proposal was met with great dislike within the royal court because of sympathy with the popular Augusta von Fersen, and he was challenged to a duel by captain count Adolph Ribbing.

Andre Stander ( 1946 – 13 February 1984 ) was a police captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s and later became known in popular media as the head of the " Stander Gang " in the early 1980s.

The very popular General marquis de La Fayette, as both captain of the National Guard of Paris and confident of the king, took his oath to the Constitution:

Gilligan was a popular captain, although critics did not believe he was an effective tactician.

On the tour of South Africa, Gilligan was appointed vice-captain to Frank Mann, in preference to Percy Fender who was much admired as a captain but not popular with the cricket authorities.

Although Gilligan was generally popular for his cheerful and friendly approach, press critics considered Fender to be a better captain.

Early in the season, Arthur Carr was named as England captain for the start of the series ; Carr was a popular choice and the only other serious contender at the time was Percy Fender.

England's popular captain did a magnificent job both as an individual unit of the Test team and as captain of it.

The team showcased international stars such as midfield captain Rodney Marsh ( England ), league leading goal scorer Oscar Fabbiani, swift and lethal forward Steve Wegerle ( South Africa ), rock-solid defenseman Arsene Auguste ( Haiti ), popular player Derek Smethurst ( South Africa ), who was the franchise's all-time leading goal scorer with 57 tallies in 65 games and Peter " Kosta " Johansson, former Swedish National Team member.

He was one of the most popular kids in the school, and is the captain of the football team.