Word: beacons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dream of the neo-imperialists was idealistic; they imagined that after U.S. soldiers had secured Iraq, the invisible infrastructure of the modern state-such as independent judges, honest civil servants and an efficient tax collection-would gradually take shape under a benign American tutelage until, one day, a beacon of democracy in the Middle East...
...dream of the neo-imperialists was idealistic; they imagined that after U.S. soldiers had secured Iraq, the invisible infrastructure of the modern state?such as independent judges, honest civil servants and an efficient tax collection?would gradually take shape under a benign American tutelage until, one day, a beacon of democracy in the Middle East...
...back straight and nearly unwinds the whole mad spectacle until it captures and1 breaks him. Hanley’s performance takes Proctor convincingly through all these stages with apt restraint and sufficient fervor. Hanley’s Proctor stands tall among the men of the town, a clear-eyed beacon of sanity and hard-working goodness. Hanley maintains his characters’ moral fiber even as he breaks down and signs his confession...
...fact, that’s why I am “still working it out:” this social earthquake on Beacon Hill, the shocks of which are being felt across the nation, has sparked a completely different question in my head than whether the state should extend civil marriage to homosexuals. Instead I’ve been wondering what business the Commonwealth has in “marrying” anyone—gay or straight?...
...That’s what we are celebrating tonight,” Terry said. “Their vision is like a beacon of hope shining in the darkness...