11.   A small dam had broken, and the river was rising perilously in New Boston.

12.   About noon, the river suddenly rises and gobs of green muck float down as the fishing slows.

13.   But one day the rains came and the river rose, and some of the horses could ford the stream only with difficulty.

14.   But there may not be a bridge by then, not if the river rises.

15.   Eads logically objected that levees only exerted their effect when the river rose to their high level.

16.   Even if the river rises no higher, the danger remains that the dike will give way.

17.   Falmouth was evacuated last weekend as the river rose and invaded homes and stores faster than anyone had imagined it could.

18.   In minutes people were fleeing their homes as the river slowly rose and expanded over the flood plain, overtaking neighborhoods one by one.

19.   In the early morning hours, the river rose to within five inches of the top of a damaged levee and then receded.

20.   Marcia Gomez, who lived in a downtown neighborhood called Barrio Abajo, had not believed the river could rise so high.