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reminiscence

re muh ni suhns

  • n  a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
  • n  the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

  • Real old-timers who tuned in to the charade might have gone dewy-eyed in reminiscence of Depression days.
  • Lee's film is screenwriter-producer James Schamus' adaptation of Elliot Tiber's reminiscence about his small but crucial role in bringing the mammoth concert to his hometown.
  • The point wasn't just for reminiscence.
News & Articles

  • 'Combat!' Season 3, 'Twilight Zone' Season 2 on DVD
    Combat!(1962-67) was the very definition of a "guy" show. WWII veterans watched in quiet reminiscence, while young boys ran outside the next day to "play Army" using branches for rifles and mud pies for grenades.
    June 14, 2013 - The Star-Ledger
  • Waldron senior class 'family' gives thanks
    WALDRON -- Tears and laughter, song and praise, reminiscence and anticipation were all components of the 2013 graduating class at Waldron High School on Saturday.
    June 10, 2013 - The Shelbyville News
Quotes

  • Ernesto Zedillo in Reuters
    We can have a perverse cycle of negative feedback between recession and protectionism, and unfortunately this is no longer a reminiscence of the 1930s but a possible scenario,said Mexico's Zedillo, now an economics professor at Yale University.
  • Sam Mendes in San Francisco Chronicle
    The plays: Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," two works that Mendes says are about "reminiscence, loss and regret."
  • John Negroponte in International Herald Tribune
    It's a very moving experience to see this museum, to see the reminiscence of the holocaust,Negroponte told The Associated Press after touring the museum early Tuesday morning.

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