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dozen senior citizens injured after bus on shopping trip hit in West
Palm
Amarillo
Senior Citizens Association operations closing Saturdays
Citizen
of the world
Citizens
committee gets chance to air concerns in front of Beaumont police
Citizens
for a Healthy Bay director accepts job in Port Townsend
Citizens
give input on village's future
Citizens
post ethanol plant opposition
Citizens
proposes massive insurance increases - Businesses face 600% rises; home
policies could double
Director
of senior citizen association stepping down
Jacob
Smart was a citizen first, warrior second - Retired general was a leader
in all aspects
Lifelong
city resident chosen Citizen of the Year
Plans
call for dilapidated Pearl Stephens school to be reborn as affordable
homes for senior citizens
Senior
citizens learn about available services
Teichert
wins mining suit - Environmental citizens group eyes an appeal after challenging
the gravel mine near Lincoln
Town honors
exceptional citizens
Voting
machine suit seeks answers - 25 citizens claim electronic units in state
are unreliable. Judges ask about challenges to their use
| Citizen of the world
Who: James L. Peacock, a mild-mannered anthropology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Who says so: International Affairs Council of North Carolina What it is: "It's an award given to someone who's from North Carolina who has kind of done the most to give North Carolina an international profile," says Dan Ressner, an N.C. State graduate student and program associate at the International Affairs Council of North Carolina. The organization works with the U.S. State Department to bring together international guests and locals. They call it "citizen-to-citizen diplomacy." Some previous citizens: The late Terry Sanford, a former governor; Jeanette Hyde, a former ambassador to seven Eastern Caribbean countries; John Hope Franklin, a Durham resident and Duke historian; former Gov. Jim Hunt; and Jim Fain, secretary of the N.C. Department of Commerce. What Peacock has done: He's been instrumental in the development of several new UNC-CH international programs, such as the World View program for educators and the Rotary Peace Center. What he has to say: "It sounds big," Peacock says of the latest award in his 41-year teaching career. "I'm hardly a citizen of Chapel Hill."
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