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  2. Grader - Wikipedia

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    A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, motor grader, or simply blade, is a form of heavy equipment with a long blade used to create a flat surface during grading. Although the earliest models were towed behind horses, and later tractors , most modern graders are self-propelled and thus technically "motor graders".

  3. J.D. Adams & Company - Wikipedia

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    Adams Leaning Wheel grader no.21, outside the original offices the Nungarin roadboard 1910 company catalog, image of Road King No. 12. J.D. Adams & Company was founded in 1885 by Joseph D Adams who invented the first leaning-wheel pull grader and was based in Indianapolis. The company manufactured construction machinery including sheepsfoot ...

  4. Galion Iron Works - Wikipedia

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    The motor grader line received the first power-shift transmission, which was a major advance, in 1955. Called the Galion Grade-O-Matic drive, it utilized a torque converter, output shaft governor and power-shift transmission, providing simple two-lever control of speed and direction. The Galion T-700 garnered the world's largest grader title in ...

  5. Group purchasing organization - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.

  6. General Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...

  7. Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show)

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    The new season features several changes, including a new panel of six regular fifth-grade students (whose usage and seating positions will rotate per episode), a new "Grade School Giveaway" feature on the $10,000 question, in which a school will win $10,000 towards improvements if the contestant answers their $10,000 question correctly, and the ...

  8. List of currently active United States military land vehicles

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    Stryker. Stryker 4,466 . M1126 infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) M1126 Stryker (IAV) has two variants, he infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and the mobile gun system (MGS).; The (ICV) variant has eight additional configurations: mortar carrier (MC), reconnaissance vehicle (RV), commanders vehicle (CV), fire support vehicle (FSV), medical evacuation vehicle (MEV), engineer squad vehicle (ESV), anti ...

  9. Masako Nozawa - Wikipedia

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    Nozawa lived in the city from the third grade of elementary school until she graduated high school. [9] Her first play was a school production of Umihiko Yamahiko in fifth grade, where she played the male role. [7] Both of her parents loved kabuki and she studied Nihon-buyō, thus, Nozawa said she was never shy about being on stage. [8]