but arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us . 
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(ROOT (S (CC ) (S (VP (VBG ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ))))))) (, ) (NP (PRP )) (VP (VBZ ) (NP (NP (NN ) (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NNS )) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT )) (S (VP (VBP ) (NP (PRP ))))))))) (. )))