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5270
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William Friday, longtime president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses four governors with whom he worked: Democrats Robert Scott and James B. Hunt and Republicans James Holshouser and James Martin.
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5271
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Hensley examines the rankings of North Carolina's inns and restaurants as determined by the American Automobile Association (AAA) and Mobil. Only one North Carolina property received AAA's 5-Diamond rating and Mobil's 5-Star rating - the Fearrington House near Pittsboro.
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5272
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Central Piedmont Community College, located in Charlotte, received a $500,000 grant from Congress to start an academy to train seasoned law enforcement officers in criminal forensics. Forensics is the practice of applying science to law.
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5273
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R. V. Owens, an advocate for business growth in Eastern North Carolina, prefers to work behind the scenes when pushing projects that would benefit the people of his region. Owens, owner of R. V.'s Restaurant on the Outer Banks, is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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5280
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What many golfers look forward to while playing a round are the finishing holes in the course - often the three most challenging ones. NORTH CAROLINA magazine's Golf Panel rates the Old North State Club course in Montgomery County as having the three best finishing holes in the state. The course was designed by Tom Pazio.
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5281
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Members of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine's Golf Panel ranked the top 100 courses in the state for 2002. The top ten courses retained their 2001 rankings. Pinehurst No. 2, a Donald Ross designed course, has been ranked first since the panel's inception in 1995.
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5282
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Competition to get golfers to a course has become intense in North Carolina, the result of an abundance of courses in some areas of the state, the volatile economy, and the tragedy of September 11. Droschak discusses what course personnel are doing to get more golfers back on their fairways.
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5284
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Hensley examines the names of the state's more than 600 golf courses. His findings reveal at least 20 with the same name, 34 with some form of \"pine\" in the name, and a number named after mountains, ridges, rivers, and hills. Only two courses have North Carolina in their titles, however.
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5316
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The Anderson Creek Golf Club has been rated the state's best new golf course for 2001 by the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel. The course was designed by professional golfer and North Carolina native Davis Love. Briar Creek Country Club in Raleigh placed second.
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5317
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The cost of playing golf is rising, but courses can still be found that \"offer terrific golf at reasonable rates.\" The NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel indicates over 100 courses in the state meet that measure. Tanglewood Park in Clemmons near Winston-Salem is rated number one in giving the \"Best Bang for the Buck.\"
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