North Korea is facing its seventh year of food shortages arising from weather-related problems. A famine killed tens of thousand of people in 1996-97. (Washington Times; December 8‚ 2000; Thomas Wagner‚ Associated Press) Thousands crossed the border into China looking for food. (Washington Post; July 23‚ 2001;Pg. 16; John Pomfret‚ Washington Post Foreign Service) A large percentage of the population remains susceptible to malnutrition and their living conditions continue to worsen as energy shortages
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke On May 8th‚ 1585‚ Richard Grenville‚ a famous naval commander‚ set sail for the island of Roanoke‚ a small island off the coast of modern-day North Carolina. With the hopes of establishing a colony‚ John White‚ an explorer and artist‚ was appointed the role of Governor. The colonists arrived sometime in July of 1587. There were a few small attacks from local Native Americans within the first few months‚ and the colonists desperately wanted John White to return to England
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poverty in North Carolina now!!!!! More than 17% of people that live in North Carolina are in poverty or Homeless. Can you really help them get off the streets? Because of the Brunswick family organization‚ people are getting off the streets. In 2010 the Organization took 1006 people off the streets.There are 4% of families that cannot afford children so they were adopted or given away. As these years come on poverty is keep getting doubled. Around 1.4 percent of Families that live in north Carolina
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Ryan Stone Mrs. Brown AP Literature and Comprehension 14 October 2011 Literary Analysis of The Child by Tiger The setting in The Child by Tiger illustrates the moral and mental challenges that Dick goes through. Ashville‚ North Carolina around 1912 was heavily racist based‚ but Dick was actually treated a little better until he went on a killing spree. Dick had most people’s trust and even played with white kids while he was young. Since this story is set post civil war era and pre Civil Rights
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9th grade and go to Wayne School of Engineering. I have brown eyes with short hair. I am white and half Asian. I have a family of four‚ mom‚ dad‚ brother‚ sister‚ and also have two pets. My birthday is on Sept 5‚ 1998. I was born and raised in North Carolina in a town named Goldsboro. I used to live on Seymour Johnson Air force Base. When my dad retired we had to move. I currently live in a two story house‚ and have been there since 2005. I have been to many places in the United States before. I have
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writer’s father was a graduating senior enlisted in the United States Army. The writer’s father did not learn of the pregnancy until after the writer was born‚ the writer’s father asked the mother if she wanted to marry‚ the mother said no and left North Carolina. The writer had already been taken to New York after her birth‚ which took place
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who was raised from the isolated world without any knowledge of civilization. She lived together with her mother and twin sister which were the only people she’d interact with since the day she was born. They live in a cabin in the forest of North Carolina. Nobody has ever met Nell. Due to her isolation‚ Nell never learned how to speak any language aside from the made up language which she and her twin sisters use to communicate. Her mother can’t also speak properly because of her stroke which
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With a history dating back to the mid 80s‚ the Cherokee Survivors Motorcycle Rally & Concert carries on a southern biking tradition. Held twice a year at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds (formerly Ceremonial Grounds) in Cherokee‚ North Carolina‚ this event draws bikers from all over the United States. Situated on the Cherokee Indian Reservation‚ the event is only minutes away from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park‚ Blue Ridge Parkway‚ Cherohala Parkway‚ and the dragon’s lair at Deals
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past our car en route to the campground’s lone comfort facility. As I would later learn‚ campers are‚ by nature‚ a friendly and curious lot‚ and the majority of the campers stopped by our car for a closer glimpse at the campground’s newest conversation piece. Even those campers with an urgent need to visit the can seemed to grunt their approval as they scurried past our car. Lori and I were both exhausted from our long drive‚ but the smell of sizzling bacon and perking coffee from the nearby campsites
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banks‚ similar to those proposed by the Jacksonian Democrats. Jacksonian Democrats were challenged by the imminent nullification laws of South Carolina. Jackson immediately demanded that S. Carolina withdraw the bill and comply with the laws of the federal government. The Force Act was issued which allowed naval and armed troops to enter S. Carolina to enforce the laws. One major area of dispute was the intolerance of foreigners by the Jacksonian Democrats. Jackson first had trouble with the
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