Word: beacons
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...because he is nearsighted and because he was 14 inches taller than she. He chatted amiably as he wrote something on the title page, asking where the woman was from in a way that made it sound as if her answer would be very important to him. "Well, uh, Beacon Hill," she said humbly. Then she brightened. "But my aunt lives in Minneapolis!" Keillor gave the disadvantaged woman a reassuring pat on the shoulder, conferring honorary Midwestern citizenship...
...understatement—and the production HPT157: Terms of Frontierment does not disappoint those with such expectations. One opening line kindly predicts, “You came here to see a musical.” The song continues, “Well, darling, you’re not in Beacon Hill anymore,” making a reference to both the somewhat alien setting of the show and establishing from the outset the fact that HPT157 is obviously no ordinary musical...
Early in Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days, the reader is hit with a surprisingly eerie re-imagining of the post-9/11 World Trade Center: the first tower is gone, replaced with the memorial beacon of light, but the second is still standing...
...Beacon Hill...
Tuesdays—or really any night—are perfect for the Beacon Hill Pub, a total dive bar that somehow managed to land itself a spot on the right side of the tracks. Sitting right in the middle of Boston’s most stately neighborhood, the Beacon Hill Pub proudly displays a clipping from a local newspaper’s “Best Of” contest that rated the bar the worst and strangest establishment in all of Boston. But with Buds for $1.55 on any night of the week, you really can?...