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WASHINGTON — In 2003, a now-defunc

WASHINGTON — In 2003, a now-defunct textile company called Pillowtex closed its plant in Kannapolis, N.C. Pillowtex was the town’s biggest employer by far, and most of the 4,800 workers who lost their jobs had little education and dim prospects for finding new jobs in manufacturing.

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