The order of service features Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality and TS Eliot's Little Gidding.

BBC: Lady Thatcher: Well-known hymns and poems for funeral

So if we have intimations of divinity and transcendence, how shall we express them?

ECONOMIST: History of ideas

His publisher, Wings Press, has "made intimations" about releasing a digital edition of "Praise" for the 50th anniversary.

NPR: 50 Years On, Finding Profit In 'Truth' On JFK Case

But Labour will feel differently about Lib-Labbery if the next election reduces its majority and revives intimations of mortality.

ECONOMIST: The road forks

In other words, it's not the violent imagery that scares parents--they've lived with and tolerated intimations of horror for generations.

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It plays upon all the contemporary intimations of apocalypse.

NEWYORKER: Curtain-Raiser

In Congress's renewed popularity with Muslim and low-caste voters some saw intimations of a revival for it even in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state, from which the party had been all but ejected.

ECONOMIST: Congress is poised to return to power, but not just yet

All that can sound like somber stuff, but to me, these intimations of mortality are a gift: One that reminds us it is time to focus on what's most enduring and important in life.

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As much as I love helicopters, I declined for several reasons, including that it's hard to conduct an interview in a helicopter, and because hovering in midair feels unnatural to me and brings on intimations of mortality.

WSJ: Open-Air Status Symbols