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  2. Nostalgia - Wikipedia

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    Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. [2] The word nostalgia is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος (nóstos), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning "pain", and was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss ...

  3. Mustafa the Poet - Wikipedia

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    Regent Park Songs. Jagjaguwar. Member of. Halal Gang. Mustafa Ahmed (born 28 July 1996), known as Mustafa, formerly known as Mustafa the Poet, is a Sudanese-Canadian poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker from Toronto. He released his debut studio album, When Smoke Rises, in May 2021.

  4. Reasons to Stay Alive - Wikipedia

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    Pages. 264. ISBN. 9781782115083. OCLC. 905941575. Reasons to Stay Alive is a novel and memoir written by novelist Matt Haig, published on 5 March 2015. It is based on his experiences of living with depression and anxiety disorder, which he suffered from the age of 24. It is Matt Haig’s first nonfiction piece and the first time he wrote about ...

  5. Body memory - Wikipedia

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    Body memory (BM) is a hypothesis that the body itself is capable of storing memories, as opposed to only the brain. While experiments have demonstrated the possibility of cellular memory [1] there are currently no known means by which tissues other than the brain would be capable of storing memories. [2][3] Modern usage of BM tends to frame it ...

  6. List of songs about the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    Lyrics include: "I am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders" and "I am the tower around which you orbited, I am not proud, I am just taking orders. I fall to the ground within hours of impact." Eagles "Hole in the World" The Very Best Of: 2003: Don Henley began writing this song on September 11 ...

  7. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    Saudade is a word in Portuguese and Galician that claims no direct translation in English. However, a close translation in English would be "desiderium." Desiderium is defined as an ardent desire or longing, especially a feeling of loss or grief for something lost. Desiderium comes from the word desiderare, meaning to long for.

  8. Vergangenheitsbewältigung - Wikipedia

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    Vergangenheitsbewältigung describes the attempt to analyze, digest and learn to live with the past, in particular the Holocaust. The focus on learning is much in the spirit of philosopher George Santayana 's oft-quoted observation that "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it". It is a technical term also used in English that was ...

  9. Battle of the Alamo - Wikipedia

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    response of José Bartres to Texian requests for an honorable surrender, as quoted in the journal of Juan Almonte By late afternoon Béxar was occupied by about 1,500 Mexican soldiers. When the Mexican troops raised a blood-red flag signifying no quarter, Travis responded with a blast from the Alamo's largest cannon. Believing that Travis had acted hastily, Bowie sent Jameson to meet with ...