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2156
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The state's one-hundred largest employers, which range in size from 25,000 to 2,200 workers, are publicly, privately, and foreign owned. They offer such products and services as pizza, pulp, and poultry processing.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Feb 1995,
p23-24, 27-28, il
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2162
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The University of North Carolina School of Law is marking its 150th anniversary by remembering its beginnings and milestones along the way, including deanships, major eras in the school's development, and academic programs.
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2167
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The expansion of Medicaid coverage and rural health services were among eighty recommendations of the North Carolina Health Planning Commission in 1994 to the General Assembly. Medical tort reform was the recommendation that received the most attention.
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2190
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Tillery residents' fear over contamination of their drinking water by swine operations has resulted in the Halifax County town being selected as one of eight test sites for the Groundwater Guardian Program.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 291, Jan/Feb 1995,
p1-3, il
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2201
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Pocosins, vast, densely vegetated areas, and savannas, grassy flat areas, exist only in the state's Coastal Plain. Savannas are important because of their diverse plant and animal life, while pocosins absorb excess rainwater.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p16-17, il
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2202
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Seasonal wetlands are small areas that are wet only for a short period during the year. Some of the smallest of the state's wetlands, seasonal wetlands can be as little as two meters in diameter.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p18-19, il
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2203
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Generally, a freshwater marsh is a temporary wetland, existing until filled by sediment washing downstream. During its lifetime, the marsh provides food and shelter for plants and animals and also stores excess water when floods occur.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p12-13, il
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2204
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Most common in the Coastal Plain, headwater forests develop at the beginning of creeks and streams and are the most numerous of the state's wetlands. While not diverse biologically, they have the greatest effect on water quality of all the wetlands.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p14-15, il
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2205
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Most of the state's bottomland hardwood forests are found in the Coastal Plain along broad river flood plains. Because the forest exists in a flooding environment, the plants and animals there must adapt to the fluctuating water levels or perish.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p20-21, il
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2208
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Belmont is holding a year-long centennial celebration from March 6, the date of the town's incorporation, to Christmas. Originally called Garibaldi for the man who built the town's railroad tower, the name was changed to honor August Belmont, a banker.
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Although usually less than five acres in size, mountain bogs have important environmental functions: helping to control flooding, filtering water supplies of pollutants, and providing plant and animal habitats
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995,
p10-11, il
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2215
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Built in 1887 and rising eighty-five feet in downtown Raleigh, the AIA Tower, built originally by the Raleigh Water Works, has reopened as headquarters for the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
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During the weekend of April 28-30, Chimney Rock Park will host the 50th and final Chimney Rock Hillclimb, a grueling event wherein sports car drivers negotiate the meandering mountain road. Planned park landscape changes forced the event's cancellation.
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2228
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North Carolina Senators and House members are graded on their voting records on bills that affect education.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Oct 1994,
p6-7, il, por
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2239
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An NCSU study of older, unlined swine lagoons in the state's coastal plain revealed that over half of them leak contaminants into groundwater. The researchers recommended using synthetic liners in cases where self-sealing lagoons are inadequate.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 292, Mar/Apr 1995,
p8, il
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