Sometimes the past came back into the daily news with a vengeance.

Before the past came back to strike at her the way it always had.

Next, the immediate past: How had she come to be here?

It would only be a matter of time before the mayor's dark past came to light.

His past is coming out of the closet, so to speak.

"But it's only by being a part of the now that the past comes to life."

The 1960's was a successful decade, although the future and the past came together with the passing of many early members.

The best moments are when the past and present come together.

Here the tragic past that both of them share comes to light.

The past came at me so hard I nearly fell back.