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Tarheel is offensive though I really don't know what it means or what it says about North Carolina history.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Tarheel is offensive though I really don't know what it means or what it says about North Carolina history.
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A "Tarheel" (Carolina Graduate) to butt its head against everything (except perhaps a desk)
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Marcy was a "Tarheel," because he came from North Carolina, and Rodney was called a "Pelican," Louisiana being his native State.
True To His Colors Harry Castlemon 1878
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The x-factor in this race is what effect the fact that Democrats will hold their national convention in the Tarheel State will have on it.
Key governors races will be fought on Republican-friendly turf Chris Cillizza 2011
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Tarheel, if you want a really good example of being "lawsuited to death" reflect back on the Republican vendetta against the Clintons β not only impeachment but Whitewater.
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βThe feeling almost universally being to leave S[outh] C[arolina] to herself,β declared Tarheel diarist Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston.
Dennis Frye: Did the seceding states believe they could leave peacefully without provoking a war? Dennis Frye 2011
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The Tarheel State stands out as the one state where Republicans will be expecting to gain multiple seats in the election following redistricting, and they could gain three or four if things pan out close to perfectly.
North Carolina: The GOP's Golden Goose of redistricting 2011
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The 2010 election saw Republicans re-assert themselves in the Tarheel State.
Charlotte will be site of 2012 Democratic National Convention Chris Cillizza 2011
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Tarheel states: "The sad thing is that even though Sarah Palin may not be the best person to be President, she would still be a huge improvement over the joke we have now as President".
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