[Hamilton begins reading aloud, clearly sounding things out rather than going from memory. He goes on for several pages.] Wow, I didn't know you could read like that, Hamilton.
Human eyes are typically good at detecting differences in the relative brightness of objects, but rather poor at detecting differences in the absolute brightness of objects, where you have to go from memory.
When I finally 'fessed up she gave me the necessary lecture about plagiarism and then added (I'm going from memory here...): "It's because you are such a good writer that people believed you wrote this.
The rest of the evening is completely gone from my memory.
When I'm introduced to a new person, the name is gone from my memory before the handshake is over.
With the first world war gone from living memory, there's a push for a greater emphasis on the "Anzac legend" in history classes, and millions will be spent on centenary commemorations next year.
Matthew Engel, in the Financial Times, writes: "Despite all the well-judged words the war itself, now almost gone from living memory, seemed very, very distant in a way the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June did not: the uncomplicated certainties of that war give it continued resonance.
The most basic facts of our lives together prior to her AD, and now the most basic facts of her everyday life by herself, are gone from her memory.
Although Yams is gone from this Earth, his memory lives on in the sounds and aesthetic he brought to hip-hop.
In a matter of weeks, Random Access Memories had gone from a stunningly well-kept secret to one of the decade's most hotly anticipated releases.
Going strictly from memory, the editor wrote something like: "What a ridiculous plot!
