Sami's past caught up to him.

Sami investigated Layla's past.

Sami's past haunted him for ever.

My name now is Gaza Jad Madi

Ben Katchor's comics of bygone New York

Jordanian blogger Jad Madi, who describes himself as simply Middle Eastern, changed his name to Gaza Jad Madi today after discovering Facebook's alleged biases

The disadvantages included the lack of a clean break between Poland s authoritarian past and its democratic present.

Because archaeology gives us an opportunity to study past civilizations, and see where they succeeded and where they failed.

I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities and horrors of Ukraine s history.

Therefore, many names from Peru s past are also present here Atahualpa, Pizarro, Sucre, Bolivar.

They record information that eliminates the need to read a long way into the log's past.

Steve told us about the future of little technology I'm going to show you some of the past of big technology.

So all my life I have wanted to find this stuff out, and spent the last four years tracking these old guys down.

Simpson is condescending and derisive and wildly wrong about important parts of the Social Security system's past.

They are significant resources for those who are interested in learning more not only about Cambodia s colonial past but also its rich culture.

The city's past as a Soviet industrial center has left it as one of the most polluted cities in the world.

The biggest idea was that Britain s monarchy serves to connect the country s past to its future in ways that transcend the pettiness and ugliness of quotidian politics.

In the religious versions, the text emphasizes mourning for Africa s past and a prayer for redemption through Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

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He built this machine, and we had a beautiful demonstration of how this thing really works, with these little bits. And it's an idea that goes way back.

In contrast with Mexico s authoritarian past, when an imperial presidency constituted a major obstacle to modernization, power has been dispersed.

So, well he did.

Do action

And so he did.

And here, scientists are drilling into the past of our planet to find clues to the future of climate change.

What did he do to my meat?

Sami did this.

Sami did something.

Bloggers reactions

I can do it.

Jubilant Reaction

The blog to which Gaza Jad Madi links is Shuger Cuebs, which asks Is Facebook Violating Our Right to Free Expression? The Palestinian blogger writes

Archaeogenetics, a term coined by British archaeologist and paleolinguist Colin Renfrew, refers to the application of the techniques of molecular population genetics to the study of the human past.

They asked ( on return ) Who has done this to our gods ? He is surely a mischief monger .

They said , Who has done this to our Gods ? He is indeed cruel !

They said , ' Who has. done this with our gods ? Surely he is one of the evildoers . '

They said who hath wrought this to our gods ? verily he is of the wrong doers .

They said Who has done this to our aliha ( gods ) ? He must indeed be one of the wrong doers .

They said , Who did this to our gods ? He is certainly one of the wrongdoers .

( When they saw the idols in this state ) they said Who has done this to our gods ? Surely he is one of the wrong doers .

They said Who hath done this to our gods ? Surely it must be some evil doer .

They said , Whoever has done this to Our gods ? ! He is indeed a wrongdoer !

' Who has done this to our gods ' they exclaimed . ' He must surely be a harmdoer '

They said , Who has done this to our gods ? Indeed , he is of the wrongdoers .

( When the people came to the temple and saw the broken idols ) they asked each other , Who has done this to our gods ? He certainly is an unjust person .