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The Technical Center of Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. in Research Triangle Park conducts research on new and effective herbicides, insecticides, growth regulators and other compounds. Dr. E. M. La Combe, an organic chemist, presides over the center with the title of Site Manager. This article discusses La Combe’s background and operations at the technical center.
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32910
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Support for the Nature Conservancy has grown in five years to include nineteen companies in North Carolina. Corporate involvement is inspired by belief in the merit of the conservancy’s program and in many cases by the tax benefits. Since 1977, the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has preserved 50,000 acres.
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32911
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The cost of running a political campaign in North Carolina has dramatically increased in recent years. As political candidates turn to members of the business community for financial assistance, but many are unfamiliar with campaign laws in North Carolina. This article provides general guidance on campaign finance and reporting law.
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32912
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New congressional districts were finalized by the General Assembly in late April on its fourth attempt to draw district lines that would satisfy minority racial and political interests. Because the issue was not settled until late spring, the state’s political primaries were postponed until June.
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Several factors caused the housing recession and profound changes in the home finance delivery system have substantially altered the opportunity for home ownership. Theo H. Pitt, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Home Savings and Loan Association of Rocky Mount, discusses economic and demographic trends that present major problems for the savings and loan industry and home buyers.
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32914
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Over one-hundred paintings purchased by the State Art Commission in 1952 with the General Assembly’s one-million-dollar appropriation of 1947 included several well-known Nativity scenes by European masters. One of the most important of them was Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’, “The Holy Family with St. Anne.” A donation from the Phifer family of North Carolina to the State Art Society was also important in broadening the collection, which is now at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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32915
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The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur from Dayton, Ohio flew the first airplane in the North Carolina Outer Banks on December 17, 1903. This article provides background on the Wright brothers, and discusses how they built and flew their plane.
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32938
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Robert C. Schroeder is president of the Charlotte-based Celanese Fibers Operations. In this article, Schroeder discusses how imports are the major problem facing the man-made fiber industry and the textile industry. These industries are making themselves more cost-competitive by improving technology and automating production.
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32939
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George Weissman is the chairman and chief executive officer of Philip Morris Incorporated. Previously, Weissman worked as a newspaper reporter, a movie reviewer, a motion picture publicist and a public relations executive.
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32940
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Employees in North Carolina sought to decertify their existing unions by filing twenty petitions in 1983. Unions lost ground last year, but as business was coming out of the recession, unions were recovering also. So long as North Carolina remains the least unionized state, we can expect our industries to be targets for labor organization.
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32941
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Recent research has shown that the Developmental Economic Education Program, is sponsored by the North Carolina Council on Economic Education, is having positive effects on student learning. Students at schools which participate in the program are significantly more likely to understand the role of profits in a market economy, competition, and the relationship between education and income.
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32942
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North Carolina has vast supplies of underground water aquifers. As the population and industry development rise, there is concern about how to protect water resources from pollution. Without proper control, runoff of phosphorus and other nutrients can cause excessive growth of unwanted algae.
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32947
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Howard H. Haworth is chairman of Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc. The company produces bedroom, living room and dining room furniture, as well as products for hotels and offices. In this article, Haworth discusses his background, his business philosophy, and furniture manufacturing at Drexel.
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32948
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Health products manufacturing has become an important asset to North Carolina’s economy. A study commissioned by the North Carolina Health Products Manufacturers Association surveyed fourteen manufacturing firms which produce pharmaceuticals or medical devices. These firms are attractive because they offer high wages, increasing employment opportunities and largely pollution-free production processes.
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32949
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Research and development (R&D) spending is the driving force of the pharmaceutical industry. Within North Carolina, resources include major research universities, the Research Triangle Institute, and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center located in the Research Triangle Park. Funding has enabled the development of new products and technologies, and profound impacts to the economy.
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