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1589
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The North Carolina Folk Heritage Award honors the state's finest traditional artists and supports their work as contributions to cultural heritage. The ceremonies will be at Stewart Theater on N.C.S.U's campus, and will be hosted by NC writer Lee Smith.
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Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, July 1994,
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1592
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The latest works of four North Carolina writers, Lawrence Naumoff, Reynolds Price, Robert Morgan, and Margaret Maron, are reviewed by Independent staffers.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 21, May 1994,
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1608
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Charlotte landed the Carolina Panthers NFL franchise with the aid of North Carolina's other major urban areas. The Queen City is quick to share the credit for its success with Raleigh-Durham, the Triad, and Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 14 Issue 6, July 1994,
p61-68, il
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1620
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North Carolinians engaged in heated debate over the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that would have given women the same rights as men. North Carolina legislators voted against ratification of the amendment six times from 1973 to1982.
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1624
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Economically strapped counties in North Carolina have been the major beneficiaries of efforts by the state's Industrial Recruitment Competitive Fund to bring industry, and thus jobs, to the state.
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1625
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Governor Hunt is being advised that a regional approach to the state's economic development is desirable because business and government leaders in the regions are more attuned to their particular situations than the bureaucracy in Raleigh is.
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1634
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Because of the ineffectiveness of the North Carolina Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program, the Division of Environmental Management has petitioned the General Assembly for increased spending and legislative changes to confront the existing problems.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 287, May/June 1994,
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1635
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North Carolina is seeking to increase the competitiveness of its two commercial ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. A feasibility study is underway to determine the effects on groundwater of deepening Wilmington harbor to accommodate larger ships.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 287, May/June 1994,
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1636
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The U.S. EPA sponsored a five-year \"field validation\" study in Carteret County to gauge the environmental impact of pesticide runoff on the South River System. The results suggest that no adverse biological impact can be attributed to pesticide runoff.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 287, May/June 1994,
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1649
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After eleven years at the helm of the North Carolina Community College System, former governor Bob Scott is retiring.
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1661
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David Lawson is scheduled to be executed in Raleigh's Central Prison on June 15. Central Prison Warden Gary Ward explains the step-by-step procedure for executing a condemned prisoner.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 24, June 1994,
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1674
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Students and faculty of the Research Laboratories of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill are excavating a site between Graham Memorial and Franklin Street on the campus. The site was once home to the town's first business, a hotel-tavern built in the 1700s
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1677
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John Lemasters, professor of cell biology and anatomy, and Ronald Thurman, professor of pharmacology, have created the Carolina Rinse Solution, a rinse that lessens the trauma a transplanted liver experiences as it begins functioning in a new body.
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1678
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Pamela Conover and Donald Searing, political science professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are researching the concept of citizenship as viewed by residents, and comparing the responses of American and British citizens.
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1679
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Alicia White, a doctoral student in the curriculum of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is researching the genetic defects that may commence a cell's progression to cancer.
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