North Carolina Race Heats Up 6/18/02 Source:Greensboro News and Record By: Eric Dyer This article has been excerpted From partisan sniping to a fresh round of advertising, the race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat has entered a new phase, even though neither major party has yet picked a nominee. The primary contest apparently has ended for one Democratic hopeful, at least rhetorically. Twice in the past week, Erskine Bowles set his sights on Republican contender Elizabeth Dole and hammered her on the environment, health care and Social Security. Bowles, a former Clinton White House chief of staff, said...