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2503
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John Biggers of Gastonia is the state's premier African American muralist. A Texas resident since 1949, he helped found Texas Southern's art department and taught there until he retired in 1983.
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2510
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Across the state nearly twenty large convention centers, plus hundreds of hotels and other properties offering spaces to meet, are generating large revenues. A listing of convention facilities by city and county is included in the article.
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2511
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Jay M. Robinson, chairman of the State Board of Education, must implement processes critical to public education: restructuring of the state education bureaucracy and decentralization of control of local schools.
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After years of flat enrollment because of a drop in the number of high school graduates, independent colleges like Barton are seeing increases resulting from state tuition grants to independent schools, out-of-state students, and aggressive advertising.
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2556
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Twenty-one planned or in-progress projects, including the Carolina Panther NFL Stadium, Farmers Market, NationsBank, and Ivey Townhomes, are transforming uptown Charlotte.
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2557
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Because of the large expenses of traditional pension plans, many of the state's small and mid-sized companies are using 401(k)s to help employees in retirement planning.
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2558
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Columbus County is expanding its economic potential with such projects as a new industrial park, natural gas lines, speculative buildings, a new Industrial Training Center, and a travel and tourism office.
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2559
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During 1994, agricultural exports contributed $2.3 billion to the state's $9 billion agribusiness and raised the state to tenth place nationally in farm exports.
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2586
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Broadcasters Charlie Gaddy, Lee Kinard, C. J. Underwood, and Greensboro artist William Mangum combined their talents to produce NORTH CAROLINA: BEHOLD THE BEAUTY, a book on life in the state.
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2599
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Over 1,600 business executives in the state either pilot their own or travel in the company airplane because it saves time and money, improves productivity, and provides more family time.
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2600
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Built in 1989, the Schindler Elevator Corporation's Clinton plant was the first manufacturing facility built in the country and is the state's only escalator manufacturer.
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2601
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With 253 auto parts manufacturers in the state, the industry is a growing part of the Tar Heel economy. New plants include ASMO Co. LTD. in Pitt County and Asheboro's Timkin Company.
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2602
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North Carolina and Israel have signed nine agreements, which constitute the most wide-ranging partnership ever between Israel and a U.S. state. Exchanges will include biotechnology and medical and academic research.
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2649
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The philanthropy of many prominent citizens across the state, as well as businesses and citizens of modest means, supports charities, colleges, universities, and many community causes. A representative sampling is profiled.
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2650
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North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill updated their sports programs' logos in 1995. Team logos are licensed for royalties.
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