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Editorial: This election season Chapel Hill experimented with public campaign financing for mayor and Town Council races - and the early returns are encouraging.
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In November 1974, the Piedmont prop plane bringing me to Raleigh landed five times between Cincinnati and here before coming to a stop on the tarmac at Terminal A, which was RDU at the time.
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Editorial: The N.C. Wildlife Federation is going hunting, seeking to gun down undue political influence.
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Editorial: This election season Chapel Hill experimented with public campaign financing for mayor and Town Council races - and the early returns are encouraging.
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Editorial: Outgoing Raleigh City Council member Philip Isley normally believes in leaving the citizens alone and not burdening people with a lot of rules and regulations.
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Editorial: There ought to be a law. A law that would protect voters and taxpayers from candidates who just have too much trouble making up their minds. Is there a recent example? Funny that you ask ....
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Editorial: Love and oysters have always been closely linked. When Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, sprang forth from the sea on an oyster shell, she promptly gave birth to Eros and "aphrodisiac" was born.
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Regarding the Oct. 25 letter "A child's punishment," in which a mother told how her son had been made to walk laps at recess after not remembering to return his report card promptly: Although I agree that the entire recess is a bit much of a punishment, I hope parents will consider these points.
When members of the new Wake County Board of Education meet for the first time in December there will be many issues to consider.
Craftsman Powell's gift of jab
No accord, thankfully, on climate
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