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The AGC was founded in November, 1918 to address problems identified during World War I. [2] [3] [4] In 1912, the federal government asked the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to bring all industry associations together under its umbrella.
Following the traditions of the Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Queen's Gurkha Signals and the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, the GSPS Coy has a cap badge that combines elements of both its parent corps (the AGC) and the Brigade of Gurkhas, of which it is a constituent alongside the other Gurkha units in the British Army.
In 1938, President Roosevelt signed the Wagner-O'Day Act which directed the government to purchase products manufactured by blind Americans. [3] Robert Irwin, who was the executive director of the American Foundation for the Blind, and Peter Salmon, the assistant director for the Industrial Home for the Blind, promoted the bill in Washington, D.C. [3] This act gave non-profit organizations for ...
In early 2013, AGC engaged Burger Consulting Group (BCG) as the agcXML Industry Steward for the agcXML initiative. In this capacity, BCG will, in coordination with AGC, act as the Project Management Office (PMO) working with contractors and construction software developers to accomplish easy data exchange and integrated systems using agcXML schema.
Leo P, [1] AGC 208583 Leo P is a small, star-forming irregular galaxy located in the constellation Leo , discovered through the blind HI Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA ( ALFALFA ) survey, as an ultra-compact high-velocity cloud (UCHVC) of hydrogen gas.
The Associated Gospel Churches, commonly known as AGC, is a Canadian evangelical Christian denomination. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada . The national headquarters are located in Burlington, Ontario , Canada.
AGC Inc. (AGC株式会社, AGC kabushiki gaisha), formerly Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), is a Japanese global glass manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies.
A blind item is a news story, typically in a gossip column, in which the details of the matter are reported while the identities of the people involved are not revealed. [1] The invention of the blind item is credited to William d'Alton Mann (1839–1920), publisher of Town Topics , who often used it for blackmail . [ 2 ]