41.   What makes this a national tragedy is that it has come upon us all at once.

42.   Which is why the resignation of Richard Nixon, under threat of impeachment, is widely seen even now not just as comeuppance, but as a national tragedy.

43.   Words worth considering as religious observances commence amidst a national tragedy.

44.   Yet Clinton has shown more than partisan footwork, particularly at times of national tragedy.

45.   President Joaquim Chissano called the accident a national tragedy and declared three days of mourning.

46.   Although this is a national tragedy, it is a price Thailand will have to pay if it hopes to ride out the financial crisis and escape the recession.

47.   Chissano called the accident a national tragedy and declared three days of mourning.

48.   Four days after the national tragedy, Bush braced Americans for a long, brutal battle against terrorism.

49.   Goh urged the nation to overcome the national tragedy.

50.   Here was Bush, assigned to pull his country past a ghastly national tragedy before he had even spent a whole year in the White House.