As Tim and Helen warned back in Harwich, I'm indeed reminded of a Brazilian favela: radios blast from broken windows, whippet-thin young men slouch on outdoor furniture drinking beer, and the elderly watch from wooden verandas.
It was not what he might have anticipated after a first half in which the running of Ramires, a fierce shot from Raul Meireles and fresh signs of the potential reincarnation of Fernando Torres indeed reminded you of a fighter coming out of his shell.
No wonder he told reporters that this Louisville team indeed reminded him of 1987, when his full-court-pressing and 3-point-shooting Friars — in the first tournament to feature the now wildly popular long ball — helped relieve his family's anguish after the death of his young son.
The last five miles felt very long and painful indeed, reminding me that I haven't completed a road marathon for an entire year.
Reading the extensive published coverage and experiencing the fanfare and discussion at international symposia surrounding the release of the Berlin criteria, I am indeed reminded of the classic tale of the emperor's new clothes.
It's never struck me as being a £5 question to know who that lovely tenor was, or, indeed, to remind me of the basic plot of something fussy like La Forza del Destino.
More importantly, however, it missed the important point that the culture of our country is heavily influenced by science and technology, viz Newton, Bacon, Boyle, Hooke, Darwin and Wallace, the Hunter brothers, Rutherford, Sanger and so on... Professor Bernard Moxham Cardiff The sciences may indeed help remind us that the universe doesn't revolve around us, but can they care about that knowledge?
Indeed, they remind us, in a haunting symmetrical augury, of what Roosevelt said about the debilitating nature of fear in his first inaugural address.
Nonetheless, the major strength of the new musical Hard Times by Larry Kirwan of Black 47 is indeed to remind anyone not paying attention just how vital a great song remains.
