It all ought to be good news for a displaced New Yorker like me: Since I moved to California, a great local bagel shop has become but a memory.

WSJ: Battle for the Bagel's Soul

"It has become a cherished memory for millions of fans worldwide, " said Jon Baddeley of Bonhams auction house.

BBC: The dress Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz

The notion of a secretary has become part of a fond communal memory.

FORBES: Why Is The Word 'Secretary' Making A Comeback?

It has become a marker of local history and a medium for transferring collective memory from one generation to another.

UNESCO: Culture

Once widely mocked for its sterility and ugliness, it has now become, in the collective memory of America, a hallowed gravesite for the thousands of people who died there--and a potent emblem of commerce, bowed but unbeaten.

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"A singular gaze has become appropriated and institutionalised in the power of official memory, " he concluded.

BBC: Define Britishness? It's like painting wind

Big Data is an excellent introduction for general audiences to what has become a topic of conversation everywhere, faster than any other technology-driven buzzword in recent memory.

FORBES: What's to be Done about Big Data?

His longings first surface in a silent, hauntingly lyrical black-and-white preface that shows a bustling New York long before he was born, as well as a smiling, nameless beauty from the same era who has somehow become his most precious memory.

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