It’s been a while since I last dumped a batch of North Caroliniana into the Google Books Ngram Viewer, that instantaneous measure of phrase frequency over the decades. Caveat e-lector: This is data at its rawest — conclusions should be jumped to for entertainment purposes only. Here goes: — Duke lacrosse vs. Duke football and […]
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Ngram Viewer is back, and it’s taking (N.C.) names
Posted in History, Literature, Tar Heelia, tagged buffalo wings, charlotte nc, chicken mcnuggets, cold mountain, colin powell, duke basketball, duke football, duke lacrosse, grandfather mountain, michael jordan, oprah winfrey, raleigh nc, southern fried chicken on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Fayetteville, no welcome mat for Colin Powell
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged colin powell, fayetteville nc, fort bragg, karen deyoung, segregated housing, soldier: the life of colin powell on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Their worldly possessions jammed into the back of his Volkswagen, Colin [Powell] and his pregnant wife were on their way to Fort Bragg. [In 1962] there was no on-base married housing for temporary, Vietnam-bound trainees; they planned to rent a furnished house or apartment in Fayetteville…. “After a frustrating day of house hunting, the Powells […]