LYCOS RETRIEVER
The N: North America
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The entrance to Foellinger Theatre off Sherman Boulevard remains closed to traffic until completion of related road repairs for the bridge project. The Spy Run Creek bridge construction on Sherman is expected to be completed by Dec. 7, weather permitting. At that time, the theater’s entrance will be opened and access to the park will be available from the north and the south.
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To strengthen the rights of American workers, Edwards said he would increase the minimum wage by $1.50 per hour. He ... wants to offer tax breaks to help the working poor and middle-class families buy a first home and save for their children's education and save for retirement.
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One assumed that the language on these recordings would only change very gradually, as the result of a change in black America's self image, the increasing hybridization of the population, or perhaps just fashion. Every once in a great while... one witnesses a phase shift, when events conspire to force an abrupt and significant change in the cultural landscape.
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The current method approved by the state of North Carolina to clean up hog lagoons is complex. First, the liquid is drained from the top of the lagoon onto existing sprayfields of grass at the farm. Then the farmer pays to have the sludge scooped out and trucked away to be spread thinly on acres of fields.
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"Jabari Asim persuasively explains why the N word remains a slur and a symbol of inequality." --Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
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This worship of the "real" has done black America no favors, beyond making some entertainers and producers very rich. The civil rights heroes of the past were devoted to getting America past the racism and segregation that were once quite "real." It used to be considered a hallmark of human societies that their members strive beyond the "real" -- creating legal codes, religions and even art.
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