It was not easy. Vicksburg lay on the east side of the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

"There is already a drop in supply. Because, on the east side of the river, that is one of the most productive estuaries in the world for oysters.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

He also is a commercial crabber and fisherman. He says if the shut down continues on the east side of the Mississippi, Louisiana's' seafood industry will survive,because 70 percent of the state's fish and shellfish come from the west side of the river.

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On the last day of April, the Union troop boats began carrying soldiers to the east side of the river.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

This week on our program, we go to New York City to visit the thirty-five year old Nuyorican Poet's Caf on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Its borders are debated. Generally,however, they stretch from Fourteenth Street on the north side, Avenue A on the west, Houston on the south and the East River.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

"Fishing is going to go on whether it be on the west side of the river or the east side of the river."

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On Sunday afternoons, the clang of traditional Indonesian percussion music known as gamelan wafts down the street, audible on the approach to the Indonesian Consulate on Manhattan's east side.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01