21.   That may seem only natural when a nation watches helplessly as the militant Palestinian group, Hamas, turns buses and busy intersections into slaughterhouses.

22.   The entire nation was watching him.

23.   The Cuban nation watched on uncensored television.

24.   The nation is watching, again, as Charlotte-Mecklenburg suddenly finds itself reluctantly freed from federal court supervision.

25.   The nation has watched, rapt, as the count crept closer.

26.   The nation watched almost silently when Jackson returned home this month after negotiating with Slobodan Milosevic for the release of three American prisoners of war.

27.   The nation is watching.

28.   The nation watched, literally, as Brody made what seemed a miraculous recovery.

29.   The nation has watched Florida in the week following to see how a ballot foul-up made history.

30.   The nation was watching.