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From the outside, this townhome for sale in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is as inconspicuous as can be, with its vintage bricks and forest green steps, all under the curious light of a four-way lamppost.
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Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
By evening, more corpses had been strung up from the station’s lampposts.
—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 19 May 2024
My question, given the killer’s MO: Has anyone dug under the lamppost nearest to Durst and Kathie’s vacation home?
• Durst leaving the police a box of pictures and mementos intended to reveal his caring side is too ham-handed not to be a troll.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
Like a drunk looking for his keys under the lamppost (because that is where the light is), the emphasis on body counts kept us from understanding the bigger picture: the slaughter was inducing more Vietnamese people to join the Viet Cong than U.S. forces were killing.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
By evening, more corpses had been strung up from the station’s lampposts.
—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 19 May 2024
My question, given the killer’s MO: Has anyone dug under the lamppost nearest to Durst and Kathie’s vacation home?
• Durst leaving the police a box of pictures and mementos intended to reveal his caring side is too ham-handed not to be a troll.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
Like a drunk looking for his keys under the lamppost (because that is where the light is), the emphasis on body counts kept us from understanding the bigger picture: the slaughter was inducing more Vietnamese people to join the Viet Cong than U.S. forces were killing.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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“Lamppost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamppost. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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lamppost
noun
lamp·post
ˈlam(p)-ˌpōst 
: a post supporting a usually outdoor lamp or lantern
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