BRAC decision shifts future for Cherry Point and region
The BRAC panel chose Oceana Naval Air Station for 11 F/A-18 squadrons, not Cherry Point, delaying gains and prompting political debate. While Oregon the depot and New River gain personnel and helicopters, regional growth hinges on BRAC’s broader 1995 plan and the Navy Marine Corps balance. Local officials warn against overturning recommendations, urging acceptance of the process and focusing on gradual relocation benefits.
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BRAC
Clinton
Cherry Point
White House
Commission
Pentagon
Navy
Marine Corps
Oceana
Virginia
Sun Journal
North Carolina
Naval Aviation Depot
2Nd
Marine Aircraft Wing
New River Air Station
Jacksonville
New River
Queen Leona Helmsley and the royal road of parole
The text reports on Leona Helmsley, branded Queen of Mean, claiming she owed $1.7 million and stating that only the little people pay taxes. It accuses her of ordering others to perform her parole service, then taking credit, and calls for genuine community service in a homeless shelter as accountability.
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Queen Leona of
Helmsley
New York Daily News
Leona
First Union to buy First Fidelity in record US bank deal
Charlotte based First Union Corp. to acquire New Jersey regional bank First Fidelity Bancorporation for 5.4 billion dollars, creating the sixth largest U.S. bank with about 124 billion dollars in assets by year end. The deal highlights innovation and regulatory policy shaping growth in North Carolina banks expanding Northeast presence.
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Raleigh
Charlotte
First Union Corp
First Fidelity Bancorporation
First Union
United States
Northeast
Ed Crutchfield
NationsBank
Wachovia Corp
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Texas
Florida
New Jersey
Competition drives innovation in banking and public services
John Hood argues that competition boosts efficiency and new technology in New Jersey banks and public services. He cites First Union’s arrival and statewide banking in North Carolina as examples, contrasting with modest NJ reforms and calls for privatization to spur better service and lower costs. He credits rivalry with stronger consumer benefit and innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Garden State
First Fidelity
North Carolina
First Union
John Hood
John Locke Foundation
Raleigh
Whitman’s America Still Sings Its Whitmanesque Spirit
Paul Greenberg argues that Walt Whitman’s expansive vision remains the American ideal, urging a revival of liberty and inclusivity. He critiques modern partisanship, notes a new American dynamism, and recalls Paul Berman’s Brooklyn Whitman quest as proof the Whitmanesque spirit endures in The People.
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Walt Whitman
America
United States
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Jack Kerouac
Paul Berman
Brooklyn
New Yorker
Reyerson Street
Clifford Richardson
Watongo
St. Kitts
Paul Greenberg
Arkansas Democrat- Gazette
Little Rock
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Vermont
Royster
John R. Graham
Patrick Holmes
Dennis A. Frazier
Billie Heuser
Pe Oy
Fighting Brac
Mean
BY Dan Piraro
John
First Union and Company
Elizabeth Summers
Ryan, Beck & Co
Business Journal of Charlotte
Dean Witter Reynolds
Anthony Davis
Nations Bank
Wachovia
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