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		<title>Opportunity Knocks</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2007/02/15/opportunity-knocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this age of e-commerce and warehouse-size superstores, Luther Clegg is something of an anomaly. While the Greensboro-resident remains part of the retail revolution, the mechanism that drives his merchandise is not bottom-line pricing or the World Wide Web. It is a 1977 Buick. You see, Luther Clegg still peddles his wares the old-fashioned way: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roads Less Traveled</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2003/06/02/roads-less-traveled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 02:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill&#8217;s graduating class walked without senior Charles Bishop Kuralt in the spring of 1955. The 20-year-old, who at age 16 had enrolled with an intent to major in history, had been too busy in his role as editor of the student-run newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, to bother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Biltmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the             early 1960s, Asheville&#8217;s Biltmore House was, in the accountant&#8217;s             parlance, bleeding red ink. The 250-room French Renaissance Chateau,            [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well Known North Carolinians And Their Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2002 02:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do we define our heroes? Webster&#8217;s Dictionary tells us they are mythological or legendary figures &#8220;endowed with great strength, courage or ability.&#8221; Certainly our militia, our firefighters, our policemen and others who face great danger with dauntless courage fit that definition, and you&#8217;ll meet at least one of those folks, Daniel Johnson, on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories That Make Us Smile</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2001/04/02/stories-that-make-us-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2001 02:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Old North State may be geographically diverse (after all, our license plates once bore the phrase &#8220;Variety Vacationland&#8221;) and even culturally separated from one end to the other (can the folks from Murphy really claim that much in common with those in Manteo?), but our oral tradition unites and binds us. From the ridges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Journey Home</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/2000/01/02/the-long-journey-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2000 02:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 1994, I received a phone call. &#8220;Mr. Grizzle, it&#8217;s Charles Kuralt. You probably thought I&#8217;d died . . . .&#8221;
The consummate traveler had taken several weeks to answer the messages I had left for him. I was a reporter for a trade magazine for the American Society of Travel Agents. Kuralt was to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Mountain&#8217;s Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/1999/12/02/black-mountains-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 1999 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Front                  Porch of Western North Carolina&#8221; revitalizes its links to the                  past.In just a       [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes at Biltmore Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/1999/12/02/behind-the-scenes-at-biltmore-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 1999 01:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An inside look at Biltmore during its busiest&#8221;“and slowest&#8221;“months.
Here&#8217;s how your holiday decorations might compare with those                 of Biltmore House. Number of Christmas trees at your house: one.            [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What North Carolinians Are Thankful For</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/1999/11/02/what-north-carolinians-are-thankful-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 1999 02:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop. Look around. As a citizen of this state, there are lots of reasons to give thanks.
As a North Carolinian, what are you thankful for? Is it the diversity of our vast stretch of state, from the mountains to the sea? Is it our moderate climate, our marked change of seasons or our towering clusters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franklin, Murphy and Brevard</title>
		<link>http://www.ralphgrizzle.com/1999/08/02/franklin-murphy-and-brevard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 1999 02:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Grizzle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our State writer Ralph Grizzle seeks out high country charm set amid some of the most                 remarkable scenery in the state.
Coming from Asheville, I was surprised to find no parking meters on the main street of Franklin, North Carolina. [...]]]></description>
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