The past surges and eddies throughout, with a logic and texture of its own.
Past surges in the oil price have led to rises in inflation and interest rates that have triggered recessions.
The ghosts of the past surged through Erika Rahnsch's mind as she settled down for the night in the home of her ancestors.
But the movie, his best to date, and a sequel of sorts to "Happiness," feels drenched in an unfamiliar sadness, as his characters feel the past surging in upon them and the hopes of the future receding before their gaze.
Cawo Abdi, a Somali sociologist at the University of Minnesota, said that past surges in concern about troubled youths had not been followed up with money and programs to help them.
The volume of the past surging into the present overwhelms those who aren't ready, and it would seem, a lot of users aren't.
With Wall Street bonuses much smaller than in years past, the surge in buying is not likely to last long, he said.
But past events surge in powerful currents through the lives of the principal characters in this play, written and directed by Aya Ogawa.
I stood to the side as waves of angry youths headed past me, surging toward the neighbourhood where Freddie Gray was arrested two weeks ago.
In the past, nationalistic surges were triggered largely by external events (such as NATO's accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999).
