Separatist aspirations have also been growing, prompting reminders of the bitter civil war over the breakaway Biafran republic in the late 1960s.
Shadows in the turf where trees used to grow: a reminder that the field was once an orchard.
It is the land that Israeli settlement blocks have since sprouted throughout, in an ever-growing reminder that the longer a peace deal remains elusive, the more the facts change on the ground.
At our offices, we drew a deep breath and acknowledged the report as an addition to a growing list of reminders that incarcerating youth - the majority of whom are locked up for nonviolent offenses - is expensive, unproductive and harmful.
A final furious monologue takes us home with the reminder that "growing up's not a matter of choice, it's a matter of wait and see".
Listening to Bob Dylan is always a journey back and forth, a touchstone to my youth and a reminder of growing older.
Well before Arcade Fire and Chris Milk collaborated on light painting the Coachella 2011 audience, thousands of people experienced the interactive personalized music video for Arcade Fire's "The Wilderness Downtown" and received a little reminder of growing up through the Google Street View integration that turned the video's setting into your hometown.
With a broader message that "liberates aging women from hiding behind their make-up and hair color (to cover up the grays) and reminds every senior woman who feels that her wrinkles are a negative reminder of growing older, that each line is a story map of her soul and her wisdom".
But Aunt Trudel's miniature kitchen sits in my house, a toy of my own children, now grown, and a reminder of my German past.
Those eviction figures are a reminder that a growing pool of people can't afford a home.
JEAN RAWITT New York, May 3, 2011 To the Editor: Your article is a deftly written reminder of the growing need for improved mental health care for the elderly.
