Luxist Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Old Dominion Freight Line - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dominion_Freight_Line

    Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]

  3. No. 4 Electronic Switching System - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._4_Electronic_Switching...

    The No. 4 Electronic Switching System ( 4ESS) is a class 4 telephone electronic switching system that was the first digital electronic toll switch introduced by Western Electric for long-distance switching. It was introduced in Chicago in January 1976, to replace the 4A crossbar switch. [1] The last of the 145 systems in the AT&T network was ...

  4. Veterans Benefits Administration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Benefits...

    va.gov/benefits. The Veterans Benefits Administration ( VBA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It is responsible for administering the department's programs that provide financial and other forms of assistance to veterans, their dependents, and survivors. Major benefits include Veterans' compensation, Veterans' pension ...

  5. Douglas v. Veterans Administration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_v._Veterans...

    Douglas v. Veterans Administration. Curtis Douglas vs. Veterans Administration (5 Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), 313 (1981) was a case decided by the Merit Systems Protection Board which established criteria that supervisors must consider in determining an appropriate penalty to impose for an act of federal employee misconduct. [1] [2]

  6. United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department...

    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA) is a Cabinet -level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...

  7. Veterans' benefits - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans'_benefits

    Veterans' benefits. The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides a wide variety of benefits, [1] e.g., educational assistance (GI Bill), healthcare, assisted living, [2] home loans, insurance, and burial and memorial services, for retired or separated United States armed forces personnel, their dependents, and survivors. [3]

  8. Standard Carrier Alpha Code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Carrier_Alpha_Code

    Standard Carrier Alpha Code. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records.

  9. One Dollar For Life - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Dollar_For_Life

    Website. odfl.org. One Dollar For Life, or otherwise known as ODFL is an IRS Registered 501 (c)3 non-profit organization founded to address third world poverty on the premise of collecting one dollar from each of millions of US high school students and then channeling those funds into small-scale infrastructure projects in developing countries.