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...become one of the foremost industrial centers in America. As more mills were built, their owners recruited young, single New England farm girls as laborers. When the "mill girls," as they were called, rebelled against the long hours and low wages, they were replaced by Irishmen fleeing the potato famine of the 1840s. In a scheme to rid downtown Lowell of the unwanted Irish workers, the Yankee mill owners donated an acre of land southwest of the city's center. The neighborhood became a gateway for generations of immigrants who went to Lowell in search of work and a better...
Words were written at Walden, and they consecrated it. To readers of Thoreau, the sound of these words will always be louder than that of cars on the nearby road or of picknickers crunching potato chips on the beach...
Many of these market openings could prove to be irreversible as Mexicans develop a growing taste for American goods. Procter & Gamble first exported Pringles potato crisps to Mexico in 1991 and expects to sell more than $5 million worth of the snacks there next year. When Dell Computer began assembling personal computers in Mexico 18 months ago, its new plant promptly shattered the company's record for sales growth. Dell expects annual sales of the Mexican unit to continue to grow by at least 50% over the next few years. "The Mexican economy is becoming more robust and information-focused...
...throws the hot potato back into our hands.There will be more graduate pressure to not tovote to do this next year," said John K. Hill '94,a Fly Club member. "The graduates have weaseledtheir way out of this...
Store 24 is overflowing with customers a hub of commercial activity. The crowded lines curve into the aisles. Customers shuffle for positions closer to the register as voices fly back and forth from various corners in the store. "Is it Fritoes or Potato Sticks...