Ramillah Ben (ben means aunt in Gujarati), a Gujarati living in Queens, was the first recommendation I received, and provided a perfect solution for my in-laws.
But it is not Big Ben they have come to see - Ben means 'stupid' in Mandarin, and some among the Chinatown community call the tower the 'Big Stupid Clock'.
The Ben-Day dots, too, were meant to suggest the manufactured and simulated: "The dots I use to make the image ersatz.
In late January, J Street helped circulate a resolution by Representative Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts, praising the administration for the appointment of George Mitchell — a means, Ben-Ami says, to allow legislators who felt compelled to sign on to the Gaza resolution to "do something positive".
Spacey obliged, eventually coming up with 35 phrases, but Bening could not always keep a straight face, which meant the scene had to be shot ten times.
At least when the pig crashed a spaceship into Big Ben on Doctor Who, you had a sense of what it meant to the locals.
Ben-Gurion did what he had to do, even if it meant killing Jews and losing valuable weapons, to create a state based on the rule of law.
BEN GREENMAN: What does "talent" mean, exactly, in a business context?
"I mean, love is everywhere," Benner said.
"He means everything he says," Ben-Ghiat said.
