And for several thousands, 2010 brought the cheer of graduation, sweet memories of accomplishment, and hopes for a fulfilling future.

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The shaky camera wearies the eye but beguiles the mind, as if the filmmakers, aping the style of home movies, were also borrowing their function and fabricating sweet memories before our eyes, indulging in nostalgia for the present.

NEWYORKER: Baghead

The coffee flows freely, accompanied by halwa, a traditional sweet which rekindles childhood memories of Mombasa.

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The Iran of her childhood is gone but the one of her memories is a place no relative or ruler can destroy: a land of sweet shops, snowy mountains and heroes and heroines from a glorious if mythical past.

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There will be few things as sweet to me as my first taste of Black Raspberry Chip ice cream or my memories of the first man to walk on the moon.

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