It's a cautionary reminder, if anyone needs it with Bosnia and Rwanda still going their ghastly ways, of the human potential for inhumanity.
It deserves better than to be reduced to a "cautionary reminder" of a political cliché.
Today, it reads like a cautionary reminder of why one was needed in the first place.
For me, though, it's a cautionary reminder that rosemary is far preferable as a supporting player rather than the dominant flavor.
Housing advocates said they saw the report as a cautionary reminder that promises made regarding public money for low-income programs often take a back seat to other priorities.
Across the street, a parched rooftop garden belonging to the supermodel Amber Valletta serves as a cautionary reminder of the perils of neglect.
The CIA also added a cautionary reminder that the policies of even so reliable an ally could change unless it was adequately supported and encouraged.
Tom Barry has news of some of it, plus a cautionary reminder from a sparrow.
Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich may both take that as a cautionary reminder.
Still, it is worth retelling as a cautionary reminder of a depressing time in recent American history.