These carefully worded, coded messages are a poignant reminder of that long separation.

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His tragic death is a poignant reminder of why we need a memorial.

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The faint traces of concrete foundations in the earth are a poignant reminder of the town that has been lost.

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It sparked a comment on another site, MediaPost, that is both a history lesson and a poignant reminder that personal brand-building in the news business is more than a century old.

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But Ta Mok's death and a stroke just suffered by Khieu Samphan, once the Khmers Rouges' head of state, is a poignant reminder that justice is more than ever a race against time.

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And there's no more poignant or painful reminder of how important it is that we do so than the loss experienced by Dennis and Judy Shepard, whose son Matthew was stolen in a terrible act of violence 11 years ago.

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