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Article: TRADE DEFICIT\ WHAT THE VOLATILE GLOBAL ECONOMY BROUGHT TO ONE HARD-LUCK KENTUCKY TOWN, IT THEN TOOK AWAY.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2004
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Byline: Dan Morse Wall Street Journal
HAZARD, Ky. -- The news was so big that people first heard it from the president.
"I came here to show America who you are," Bill Clinton told several thousand listeners squeezed along a sweltering downtown street in the heart of Appalachia 4 1/2 years ago. "I want people to know a lot of good things are going on here."
The president introduced John Sykes to the crowd and talked about his company: "Sykes Enterprises is making a major commitment -- listen to this -- to construct two information technology centers in Eastern Kentucky that will bring hundreds of new jobs in Pike and Perry counties. Thank ...