Blue ribbon (disambiguation)
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Blue ribbon or Blue Ribbon may refer to:
- Blue ribbonBlue ribbonThe blue ribbon is a term used to describe or symbolize something of high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners—and prior to that from Cordon Bleu which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order...
, the blue ribbon as a symbol - Blue Ribbon (software house)Blue Ribbon (software house)Blue Ribbon was the budget computer software publishing label of CDS Micro Systems.The label launched in 1985 mostly made up of games from the MRM Software back catalogue. MRM had been a label producing games for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. Blue Ribbon reissued these and also converted them...
a budget home computer software publisher of the 1980s - Japan's Blue Ribbon AwardsBlue Ribbon AwardsThe are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...
- Blue Ribbon BarbecueBlue Ribbon BarbecueBlue Ribbon Barbecue is a family-owned chain of barbecue restaurants in the Boston metro area. They offer an assortment of authentic regional southern wood-smoked barbecue.- Locations :...
, a chain of 2 restaurants and a catering service in the Boston suburbs - Blue Ribbon fishery, fisheries officially or informally designated as being of extremely high quality
- Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies, a reissue of Warner Bros Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series; see List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues
- Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech CampaignBlue Ribbon Online Free Speech CampaignThe Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign is an online advocacy campaign for intellectual freedom on the Internet, orchestrated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation . Web site owners are encouraged to place images of blue ribbons on their sites and link to EFF's campaign...
- Blue Ribbon PairsBlue Ribbon PairsThe Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship ....
, a duplicate bridge event held by the American Contract Bridge League - Blue-ribbon panelBlue-Ribbon PanelBlue-ribbon panel is an informal term generally used to describe a group of exceptional persons appointed to investigate or study a given question. The term generally connotes a degree of independence from political influence or other authority, and such panels usually have no direct authority of...
, informal term generally used to describe a group of exceptional persons appointed to investigate or study a given question - Blue Ribbon Schools ProgramBlue Ribbon Schools ProgramThe Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
, a US government program to honor schools - Blue Ribbon Sports, the original name of sports-shoe manufacturer, Nike, Inc.Nike, Inc.Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
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