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Also receiving Conway’s recognition were the Forest Arms Apartments in Detroit, as well as a group that oversees the preservation of lighthouses in the Upper Peninsula, and a former 1915 orphanage-turned-new apartment complex in the UP’s Marquette.
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After making a terrible discovery in the film’s climactic scene in a lighthouse, Lena resolves to return to the outside world.
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Becker then built a stout wire fence around his reservation and lived in peace until last week when a killer whale, or orca, arrived and so harried the sea lions that, crazed with fright, the lions smashed down his fence and swarmed his lighthouse.
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Since Hancock acquired Whitney in 2011 in a $1.5 billion deal, Louisiana branches have retained the Whitney name and brand, while Mississippi and Gulf Coast offices stuck with Hancock and its lighthouse logo.
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UPCOMING Safe Boating Week Saturday, May 12, will be a fun day at the lighthouse.
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This popular park’s attractions include high bluffs, sandy beaches, an 1860s lighthouse, a challenging 18-hole golf course, and professional summer theater performances.
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There’s no Crawler, no hypnotic suggestion, and Lena’s final showdown at the lighthouse is not with the psychologist, but with a humanoid being that’s more obviously alien than anything in VanderMeer’s book.
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The closest piece of land to Turkey is the Korakas lighthouse which sits on a cliff pointing north.
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First Known Use of lighthouse
1622
LIGHTHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lighthouse for English Language Learners
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: a tower with a powerful light that is built on or near the shore to guide ships away from danger
LIGHTHOUSE Defined for Kids
Definition of lighthouse for Students
: a tower that produces a powerful glow to guide sailors at night or in poor visibility
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