Word: beacons
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...Palestinian state would be cheap compared with the undertaking in Iraq. Moreover, it would be looked on favorably by the rest of the world, including Arabs. It would also deprive al-Qaeda of one of its major rallying points. It is not too late to create a beacon of democratic light. But I do not believe the U.S. has the courage to do it. Martyn Whitaker London...
...Anna was a beacon of hope,” said Jean Su, the younger of her two sisters. “She had an incredible faith in people, in dreams, in things working...
Night after night, the red beacon shining in the southern sky has been growing brighter. Residents of even light-polluted metropolises, whose experience with celestial lights is usually limited to the moon, Venus and airplanes, will get their best view yet of the planet Mars. That's because on Wednesday, Aug. 27, the Red Planet will approach to within about 34,600,000 miles of Earth. It hasn't come that close--and thus hasn't been as bright--for almost 60,000 years, the better part of human history. And if you happen to miss that historic night...
...water for less than the usual price; people shared cabs in the city and cell phones at the airport, and one theater company moved its performance out onto the street by the light of a pair of parked cars with their high beams on. In Ohio the Akron Beacon Journal printed a special edition of its rival, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, whose editors typed up reporters' notes by flashlight. Modell's sporting-goods company parked two trucks stocked with 2,000 pairs of shoes in Times Square and handed them out to stranded people walking home. In Harlem a group...
...same relief in the morning as I did during high school each time the train winds around the corner in the distance and approaches the station. The sun glints off the shiny, steel hull of the train racing within yards of apartment windows, and turns it into a beacon warning people to ready themselves to board...