Word: carolina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blake will face unseeded Roberto Bracone of North Carolina State at 9 a.m. today in the round of 16. Bracone upset the No. 16 seed Robert Kendrick of Washington yesterday...
...Michigan students won an agreement that included full disclosure, protection for women and a living wage for workers. Other sit-ins on the issue have taken place at Duke, Brown and Georgetown universities, the University of Arizona and the University of North Carolina...
...only time I ever had contact with one of my white relatives was two decades ago, during a visit to the North Carolina town where I was born. I was driving past a business run by the white grandson of my black grandfather's white daddy, when a mischievous impulse overcame me. I went in and asked to speak to the owner. When he appeared--a frail-looking older man--I bellowed, "Cousin!" and told him I had come for my share of the family business. The old boy nearly fainted...
...Slow Food credo is not quite so easy. Sacrifice may be required--no arugula in January, for example, in climates where it does not grow then. Being gastronomically aware can also cost more; quality ingredients from small producers are usually expensive. But as David Auerbach, a professor at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, points out, "If we spent less on toys that don't give us real pleasure and more on good food, we'd feel better, and eventually prices would drop...
...remember the saga of Shannon Faulkner, the woman who successfully fought in the courts for admission to the Citadel, the previously all-male South Carolina military academy. Faulkner left after Hell Week, the first week of training at the academy, citing stress and illness. Her quick departure only provided ammunition for critics who argued that women were unlikely to succeed in the harsh, competitive environment of academies like the Citadel. The following year, four women entered the ranks of cadets at the school. Yesterday, Nancy Mace became its first female graduate...