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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Massachusetts on the Rhode Island border east-southeast of Providence. It was once the largest center of cotton textile manufacturing in the country.
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- proper noun A city in
Massachusetts ,United States
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The primary schools of great industrial towns, such as Fall River, the
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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As painful as the prospects are for Taunton, if a budget like the one offered by the House passes, Pottier said it's unthinkable that other cities such as Fall River, New Bedford,
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The group has expanded the city's event from a one-day to a three-day affair, similar to those in cities such as Fall River and New Bedford.
The Taunton Gazette Home RSS Ashley Lopes, Staff Writer 2009
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Stefani Koorey, who is running for mayor of Fall River, and also publishes "The Hatchet," a quarterly journal on Lizzie Borden, has changed her stance and now thinks Ms. Borden innocent, after getting a peek at the letters.
Some in Lizzie Borden's Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack Jennifer Levitz 2011
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Swapping Borden theories is a long-popular pastime in Fall River.
Some in Lizzie Borden's Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack Jennifer Levitz 2011
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The moving play opens with the suicide of Cyril Wilcox, an undergrad from Fall River, Mass.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Unnatural Acts Fern Siegel 2011
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The moving play opens with the suicide of Cyril Wilcox, an undergrad from Fall River, Mass.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Unnatural Acts Fern Siegel 2011
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But Shelley Dziedzic, a retired English teacher who founded "The Noble Order of Mutton Eaters," a national group that gathers once a year in Fall River to don Victorian clothes and present papers related to the Borden case, says she won't change her mind, even if Ms. Borden turns out to have been a kind old lady.
Some in Lizzie Borden's Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack Jennifer Levitz 2011
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Mr. Picard was born and raised in Fall River, Mass., the son of a doctor and a homemaker.
The Man With the Thankless Job Michael Rothfeld 2011
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Beehive Kitchenware Co. Jim Dowd and Sandra Bonazoli , owners of Beehive Kitchenware Co. in Fall River, Mass., say sales at their kitchen and home décor company are creeping back—but people still aren't spending what they used to on wedding and housewarming gifts.
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