Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Boyne said that "we didn't have too many takers the first day we were back," there were, in fact, several boaters out on the river yesterday...
...little scare like this is probably a good thing in the long run for the quality of the river," Boyne said, citing the increased awareness brought on by the publicity...
...1800s, New Bedford's whaling industry made it the wealthiest city, per capita, in the nation. As the whaling died out, the city, like most of its neighbors in the Northeast, began to focus on the tremendous textile industry. All over New England, towns like Lowell, Lawrence and Fall River sprang up around the new mills that were pumping out cotton cloth...
...split the Commonwealth in half. On the inside, the Boston metropolitan area is booming. Shiny new buildings are going up everywhere, employment rates are climbing and rumor has it that crime is dropping. But on the outside of Boston's hustle and bustle, smaller cities such as Springfield, Fall River and New Bedford are struggling to survive...
...turn of the century, many mills began to move south. No longer could the benefits of deep harbors, access to capital and an abundance of energy offset the virtue of cheap labor. Cities across the northeast--Boston as much as New Bedford or Fall River--became decaying monuments to the industrial revolution and the region's past glory...