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  Durham, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Durham originated in 1853 with the search for a suitable railroad depot for the North Carolina Railroad between Wilson and Hillsborough.
Durham's growth began to rekindle during the 1980s, with the construction of multiple housing developments in the southern part of the city, nearest Research Triangle Park, and the beginnings of downtown revitalization.
Tied into this was a proposal to change the way the Durham County School Board is elected, from a district-based system to at-large elections, resulted in an adversarial relationship between board members and primarily fl parents as the proposal was seen as potentially reducing African-American representation.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Durham, North Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Trinity College, estalished in Durham in 1892, would be transformed into Duke University in 1924 on the promise of a large endowment of money from James B. Duke should the name of the university be changed to "Duke University" to honor his father, Washington Duke.
Durham is the home of the Independent Weekly a progressive weekly news paper.
Recently a proposal to change the way the Durham County School Board is elected, from a district-based system to at-large elections, resulted in an adversarial relationship between board members and primarily fl parents as the proposal was seen as potentially reducing African American representation.
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 Bishop of Durham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country.
As the only such bishop in England, the Bishop of Durham bears on his arms a mitre enfiled of a coronet (instead of a plain mitre) and a crozier crossed with a sword in saltire (instead of two croziers) to symbolize temporal power.
Despite the partition of political power, the Durham bishops remained the religious leaders for the Anglican population of the whole of Northumbria until the creation of the Anglican diocese of Newcastle upon Tyne in the nineteenth century.
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 NBC11.com - Health Encyclopedia - Body Temperature Normals
For techniques on measuring body temperature, see temperature measurement.
Reviewed By:Thomas A. Owens, M.D., Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as theAmerican Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).URAC's accreditation program is the first of its kind,requiring compliance with 53 standards of quality andaccountability, verified by independent audit.
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