21.   Or was it that personal crisis and national tragedy brought out sides of the mayor that were there all along, though perhaps not on public display?

22.   Otherwise the national tragedy that unfolded on cue Saturday was a scripted ritual acted out to the accompaniment of a national yawn.

23.   Perhaps because of the vast scale of the Russian Federation, its diverse population is highly engaged in and affected by national tragedies.

24.   Put aside for a moment the gasoline station operators whose first impulse was to profit from a national tragedy by doubling and tripling their pump prices.

25.   Rather they are a demonstration of how a national tragedy can result in policy that would not have occurred otherwise.

26.   Religious leaders scrambled to respond to a national tragedy.

27.   Russian President Vladimir Putin, slammed for inaction in a crisis that has become a national tragedy, spoke to Russian Orthodox Church leaders Sunday.

28.   Some Republicans feel that Clinton has betrayed his family and office inexcusably and undermined the rule of law so fundamentally that his continuation in office is a national tragedy.

29.   Talking to pastors about how people react in times of national tragedy, and how that renewed faith in a higher authority is short-lived.

30.   The filmmakers were wary of distracting from that message by invoking potentially contentious political issues or, worse yet, by being perceived as exploiting a national tragedy.