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Perhaps the most dramatic example of Massachusetts' refocusing is to be found 25 miles north of Boston in Lowell (pop. 92,418). It was there that the first textile mill in the U.S., powered by the waters of the Merrimack River, opened in 1822, and the American industrial revolution really began. Lowell became one of the world's largest textile producers, but by the 1930s slow decline quickened into bankruptcy and industrial flight. By the mid-'70s once humming "Spindle City" had turned into a town too depressed even to tear down its boarded-up mills. Luckily...
During seven off-seasons- as usual, the hard way- Yastrzemski earned a business-administration degree at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. He has a long-term contract with Kahn's meat company and delivers presentations on various meat products to buyers who have shelf space. When Yaz is on the shelf, how will he take it? "The only time I've ever reflected about it was this year at the first Oldtimers Game ever at Fenway Park. I think twelve of the oldtimers were younger than I was. You don't have time to reflect, there...
...basketball 80, Merrimack...
...those 20 minutes, Harvard shot 39 per cent from the floor (11 for 28) and 29 per cent from the foul line (two for seven). By comparison, Merrimack was perfect on 11 tried from the line and converted 13 of 27 field goal attempts, while out-rebounding the far-taller Crimson...
...Ferry and Monroe Trout led the Crimson to a comeback win over Merrimack on Saturday, but the real hero of the day way a lanky ex-bench warmer from Beloit College in Wisconsin...