Sentence examples for as beacon from inspiring English sources

Even in two places as close as Beacon and Montclair — with Mr. Whitman in between in Warwick, N.Y.

The elder Kerry was an anti-crusader, without quite being comfortable with the idea of America as beacon, either.

"As great as Beacon is," Wright says, "we need something that catches the eye in New York City".

The region today presents a picture of American architecture that is as consistent for the second half of that century as Beacon Hill is for the first.

They come from throughout Westchester and as far away as Beacon, and include a nursing student, a carpenter, a college professor and a computer executive.

A cursory glance at Ofsted results shows that it is the state-run nurseries that in the main are "good" and "outstanding" with better staff, and are designated as beacon schools for training nursery teachers.

Adherents of the America-as-beacon school were disposed toward isolationism, while those who subscribed to the notion of America as crusader were compelled to commit America abroad.

In each case, the earliest facts fit that long-running narrative of America-as-beacon: Men with nowhere else to turn still chose the country whose founding declaration presumed to speak on behalf of "all men," not merely its own.

His reports will long stand out as beacons of clarity.

Universities like to think of themselves as beacons of enlightenment.

Both served as beacons to signal the scientific revolution.