1.   Fifty years later, it is hard to imagine a public figure whose death would inspire such universal grief and such searing memories.

2.   For Diego, the searing memories of the massacres have suddenly been revived in recent weeks by news reports of U.S. involvement in killings in Guatemala.

3.   It is these searing memories, combined with a sense of defensiveness and historical injustice, that formed Mrs. Markovic.

4.   Now they hope that the searing memories of the Oklahoma City bombing will fade after the death sentence they imposed is carried out Monday.

5.   Virtually everyone who survived the occupation has searing memories of the roadside executions, rapes, and looting committed by Iraqi soldiers.

6.   At the other extreme, searing memories may intrude as recurring nightmares and waking flashbacks in post-traumatic stress disorder.