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35516
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This sand dune at Nag’s Head was made famous before five UNC seniors made it a class project’s subject. It was made famous—or infamous—by controversy generated between developers, environmentalists, and citizens from plans to build beachside subdivisions at its base.
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35526
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Leo Jenkins intuited eight factors stunted the growth of education, the arts, and individuals. Jenkins posited an origin was public schools’ inadequate development of English language skills. Chancellor Jenkins perceived impediment’s continuation in universities’ dearth of privatization. A yield of such, to Jenkins’ estimation, was the struggle to personally progress throughout life.
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35575
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A long running lightship found a new job by serving as a monument to a lifestyle gone by. How it became a cultural record for Southport, its final harbor: being converted into a museum.
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5968
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Merchants Millpond, located in Gates County, is beautiful, unspoiled land that is soon to become a state park. The area is described by Sierra Club members from Greenville as having \"wild beauty, primeval stillness and grandeur, eerie bird calls, gnarled trees, and rippling reflections.\" Patterson discusses how the land was acquired and how the state will use it.
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5946
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Donald Leary, better known as M. Charles, is one of the Outer Banks's most sought after land and seascape artists. Fearing discusses Leary's life and paintings, which number 2,500 since 1954.
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6.Make Way Blackbeard, Horatio Sinbad is Here by Walters, Tom New East Vol. 5 Issue 3, May/June 1977
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35484
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History comes to life—of pirates, in particular—through a group of actors whose show became part of the state’s Bicentennial activities. These thespians—in real life, including a family of six—included in their reenactment of life on the high seas a ship, the Meka II. The ship that’s also their home was built by the man who may be called Captain, but is called Horatio Sinbad by his family, Ross Morphew.
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5835
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The Great Dismal Swamp, an area of history and mystery, sprawls across North Carolina's northeastern corner and southeastern Virginia. No one knows who discovered it or when. The author discusses historical events and persons connected with the swamp.
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35568
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This patch of swamp, ironically called barely habitable, has generated life and livelihood over the past two centuries. During its Colonial life: construction site for a canal, spearheaded by George Washington. During its Confederate past: inspiration for novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Early twentieth century: moneymaker site for commercial tour boat owners. Today: debating ground for establishing public recreation or water management sites.
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35517
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Marines stationed at Guantanamo Bay got an opportunity to pick up where they left off, in terms of high school courses, through a continuing education project. This project, jointly created by Veterans Administration and Coastal Carolina Community College, was also designed to build a bridge to college or vocational education.
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5858
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Dr. Wallace R. Wooles, Dean of the East Carolina University School of Medicine, describes what a medical school really is, what makes it tick, and what its components are.
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35514
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Understanding this Whiteville lifelong resident entailed revealing details such as his early attempt to follow in his father’s footsteps, WWII service, graduation from Duke, civic contributions, home life with his family. The best way to understand Lawrence Bowers, though, seemed to lie in understanding his passion for the career he chose over bridge building: banking.
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35579
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The historic trail of Eastern NC, covering towns such as Fayetteville and Windsor, was a road with plenty of landmarks. Contained for the tourists’ consideration were many of the state’s acre bound treasures—over two thirds, according to the author. Examples of these historic properties were Charles B. Aycock’s birthplace and the James Iredell House.
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35502
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In their years of disuse and disregard, barns were being reclaimed by nature. As the author insisted, though, this remnant of the former economic staple for much of NC had elements that worms could not consume. There was the barns’ capacity to well up memories of the agrarian life. Also was this reminder: the important role barns played in rural life and many small towns.
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35520
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Artificial reefs, like the one built at Wrightsville Beach, improve fishing grounds by offering food and shelter sources. Among the details were factors for creating an artificial reef, prior attempts at constructing artificial reefs, data indicating a positive impact for South Carolina’s artificial reefs, and the Artificial Reef Program’s future sites along NC coastal waterways.
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35562
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Corporations like McDonalds were moving from small towns and cities alike a staple of a time gone by: mom and pop restaurants. Then came the Shakedown, leaving many franchise owners unable to keep open what was commonly a side business. The Shakedown was defined by money—lots of it. Hardees, with an alternative recipe for success—relying on corporations, not moms and pops, for franchisees—weathered the Shakedown storm.
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