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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.
General Post Office (disambiguation) Group purchasing organization; Gun Position Officer, usually a lieutenant, responsible for the technical control of an artillery battery in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth forces
Lancer is a science fiction tabletop role-playing game about laser mecha, created by Miguel Lopez and Tom Bloom (né Parkinson-Morgan). The first printing of the core rulebook was published by Massif Press in 2019, followed by an updated edition in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics in 2024.
The French army did not have lancer regiments as such, but steel lances 2.97 meters (9.7 ft) in length were carried by the twenty-six dragoon regiments and some light cavalry units in 1914. The French had earlier tested the Indian bamboo lances used by the British cavalry, but had rated them as being too fragile for the shock of encounter. [8]
Entering the human village posing as merchants they register at an Adventurers Guild. Tomoe and Mio break records by being four times as powerful as the next strongest adventurer, while Makoto, due to his suppressed aura, ranks Level One, weaker than a child. Tomoe learns a dragon she knew, Lancer, has been killed by an adventurer named Sofia ...
Imperial Guard lancer in full regalia, by Édouard Detaille. In 1854, two years after the Second Empire came to power, Napoleon III re-established the Garde Impériale, an elite military corps attached to his person. The Guard took up the traditions of the first Imperial Guard, formed in 1804 by Napoleon I and disbanded in 1815.
The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson , [ 1 ] it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films mainly related to the activities of the GPO.
The General Post Office (GPO) of the United Kingdom carried the sole responsibility for providing telecommunication services across the country with the exception of Hull. . The GPO issued a range of telephone instruments to telephone service subscribers that were matched in function and performance to its telephone exchang