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Red Necks and Red Bandanas: Appalachian Coal Miners and the Coloring of Union Identity, 1912-1936
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"They shot one of those Bolsheviks up in Knox County this morning, Harry Sims his name was. . . . That deputy knew his business. He didn't give the redneck a chance to talk, he just plugged him in the stomach. We need some shooting like that down here in Pineville." So Malcolm Cowley, writing in The New Republic in 1932, recounted a local coal operator's response to the murder of a nineteen-year-old Young Communist League union organizer in eastern Kentucky (1932:70). The contempt and ruthles...
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West Virginia, closed for repairs
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; CHANGE isn't always good. Take the case of West Virginia's new commerce-friendly "Open for Business" slogan, now appearing on all 114 state "welcome" signs at major highway border crossings. A petition drive to replace the new buzzwords with the traditional "Wild, Wonderful" slogan has garnered
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What West Virginia Needs to Do in Order to Compete in the 21st Century
Special Report - Tax Foundation
; A briefing delivered on the floor of the West Virginia House of Representatives on December 11, 2006, regarding West Virginia's recent tax reform and the need for continued reform. Introduction Thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak with you today about your tax reform effort. I always
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Number of West Virginia-based companies on Top 100 list decreasing
The State Journal
; Take away hospitals, and West Virginia-based businesses don't take up much space on this year's 100 Top Employers list - about 10 percent. Over the years, that number has been decreasing. In 1996, the year the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs (BEP) started putting the list together, 15
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Charleston hosts Clinton and Obama: ; West Virginia could be recurring battleground in tight campaign
Charleston Daily Mail
; The contentious knockdown, drag-out between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is spilling into West Virginia. Starting today, these two final Democratic presidential contenders hope to woo West Virginia voters in what is likely the beginning of a series of appearances in the Mountain State.
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College of West Virginia signs affiliation agreement with WVU
The State Journal
; BECKLEY -- The College of West Virginia, a private college in Beckley, and West Virginia University (WVU) celebrated an affiliation agreement last week that will bring higher education in Southern West Virginia to a new level. Under the agreement signed in February, both schools will remain
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Officials dispute state's ranking on Web site: West Virginia ranked 42nd for small businesses
Charleston Daily Mail
; FOR THE DAILY MAIL An Internet business column has ranked West Virginia as 42nd on its list of the best and worst states to run a small business. Several state business leaders acknowledge the state has its shortcomings, but they don't believe the picture is as gloomy as it's portrayed in the
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West Virginia Equipment, Technology and Design Expo returns for 29th year March 19-20: ; This year's exposition will include more than 50 seminars
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; The 29th annual West Virginia Equipment, Technology and Design Expo will take place at the Charleston Civic Center Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 20. Hours for the venerable state trade show for the construction, engineering and architectural industries will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday
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Mountaineer reconstruction: blacks in the political reconstruction of West Virginia.
The Journal of Negro History
; 10 Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of West Virginia (1865), pp. 26, 33, 37-38; (1866), pp.7-10; Journal of the Senate of the State of West Virginia, (1865), p. 27; (1866), p.31; Acts of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia (1865), pp. 37, 47-48; Hereinafter cited as House
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How West Virginia Collects
The Washington Post
; It sometimes seems that in this contumacious country no argument comes to closure. West Virginia even thinks it can act like a semi-sovereign nation -- as though the Constitutional Convention of 1787 never happened and we are still living under the Articles of Confederation. The Ohio River, 981
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Want West Virginia? Ebay Makes the Sales
The State Journal
; Ebay.com, the online auction site, offers bidders and buyers a massive array of items, and West Virginia has a relatively prominent presence. At any given time, Ebay sellers are offering between 6,000 and 7,000 things associated with the state. "We always have interest in local items from West
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