Yet today s debate in France over the German model reminds one eerily of the discussions that followed France s defeat in the Franco Prussian War.

Then, each morning, before the tourists reappear, they unceremoniously open the gates again, so that the eerily silent falls suddenly revive in a simulacrum of normalcy.

And of course, looking at this lion paw that has been skinned, it eerily reminds me of a human hand, and that's ironic, because their fate is in our hands.

Pressure on China today to push up the value of the yuan against the dollar is eerily similar to the pressure on Japan 30 years ago to make the yen appreciate.

And so I expected to walk into this building and be met with this cacophony of honking and braying and squawking, but instead, when we stepped through those doors and into the building, it was eerily silent.

Echoing the memorial services on the anniversary itself, Twitter users have spent the week promoting the hashtag 2DeOctubreNoSeOlvida ( October 2 Won't Be Forgotten ), sustaining the public conversation about the tragedy, which even after 46 years feels eerily recent for Mexicans, following the mysterious disappearance of almost five dozen students in Guerrero.