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Known as ‘Immigrant City,’ Lawrence has been an immigration hub throughout American history. |
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Given its industrial roots, Lowell is nicknamed City of Spindles, City of Magic, and the Manchester of America. |
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The first American Nobel Prize winner was Albert A. Michelson of Worcester, MA. Michelson was chairman of Clark University's Physics Department whose prize-winning work concerned the measurement of light. |
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