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3763
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Job-site safety programs teach employees that staying safe on the job is the bottom line. Program effectiveness is seen in the statewide decline in workplace accidents and in the almost thirty percent drop in the cost of employer- paid insurance premiums.
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3837
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In the 1960s, Scotland County had few manufacturers. Now, having made investments in its infrastructure and also having a large, well-trained labor force, the county's industries manufacture electronics, mobile homes, and golf grips.
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3838
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Once a quiet crossroads community, Cary is now the state's seventh-largest municipality, with a population of 85,000 and major companies, including MCI and Siemens. Howard S. Johnson, who has been Cary Chamber of Commerce president for twelve years, has played a pivotal role in this transformation.
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3839
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A number of promising businesses fail to attract investors partly because of the low number of venture capital firms and the value of the funds. In 1997, the state ranked 16th nationally, with $202 million in venture capital invested. California was first with $4.9 billion. The state's largest sixteen funds are listed.
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St. Andrews College and Laurinburg enjoy a unique relationship between town and gown. Faculty members serve on the chamber of commerce and school boards, managers and executives from local businesses and industry serve as adjunct faculty members, and students often find part of their classwork in plants and offices in the county.
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3879
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A decision by leaders of Laurinburg and Maxton to purchase at the end of World War II a military training center consisting of 4,500 acres and an airport impacts on the community's economy in the 1990s. Laurinburg/ Maxton Industrial Park now occupies 1,900 acres; runway expansions are attractive to current and relocating companies.
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3887
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Fear of frivolous lawsuits arising from simple mistakes while performing volunteer work keeps some people and organizations from offering their time. Congress passed the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to protect most volunteers from this liability. Critics of the law feel that removing the fear of liability will affect the volunteer's observance of safety.
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David McRae's decision to enter the field of physical therapy was influenced by a bout with polio he contracted when he was four years old. In 1976, he came to Greenville, North Carolina, to set up the rehabilitation department in the soon-to-open Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Since 1989, he has been the hospital's CEO.
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3937
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Rising costs of HMOs make it difficult for a number of small businesses to offer health insurance plans to their employees. Options in dealing with rising costs include joining an alliance, such as Caroliance, and working with a benefits consultant to get the best deal possible.
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Pat Corso, president and CEO of Pinehurst Resort, has spent the last ten years bringing the over one hundred-year-old resort back to its former glory. So successful has be been that in June, 1999, Pinehurst will be just the second southern golf course ever to host a U.S. Open.
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3964
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Murfreesboro, named for Irish immigrant William Murfree, who donated the land in 1787, has based its e economy on agriculture for years. Now its historic district and past, featuring colonial homes, festivals, Candlelight Christmas Tours, and the Jefcoat Museum, are expanding the economy.
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On June 26, the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games open in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area. The product of three years of planning, the games bring together 7,000 athletes for nine days of competition. Over 400,000 spectators are expected to view the events. Cost of the games is $35.5 million, and the Summer Games is the largest sporting event in the world in 1999.
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4356
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 24, 1992, in the case of Lee v. Weisman, that asking a member of the clergy to say a prayer at a public school graduation is in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause. Johansen discusses school prayer law prior to the Lee decision; discusses the decision; and examines implications the ruling has for school law in North Carolina, such as prayers at graduation, at extracurricular activities, and at school board, PTA, and faculty meetings.
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4403
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A number of farmers in antebellum North Carolina, including Paul C. Cameron, preached agriculture reform. They felt farming would not improve until farmers used \"book farming\", experimented with fertilizers, and upgraded their livestock. Between 1840 and 1860, these approaches took hold, and production of cotton, tobacco, rice, and corn increased, as did farm income. Unfortunately the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 destroyed this progress.
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Paul C. Cameron owned one of the state's largest antebellum plantations. It encompassed over 30,000 acres in Orange and three other counties, and used 900 slaves to tend crops and handle livestock. The plantation became so large that it was eventually divided into smaller units of several thousand acres each. One division is now the Stagville State Historic Site. Cameron was the wealthiest man in the state before the Civil War and remained so after the conflict ended.
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