1.   Although she returned home to England almost four months ago, the legal saga of former au pair Louise Woodward continued in her absence in a Boston courtroom Monday.

2.   But those who are tired of the Simpson legal saga can rest easy.

3.   His day in court, part of an endless legal saga that bores most Italians, received perfunctory news coverage.

4.   His arrival ended an international legal saga that put dictators worldwide on notice.

5.   It throws fresh light on a legal saga that has gone on for more than a decade.

6.   But the legal saga is not yet over.

7.   Prosecution lawyers and relatives of victims of repression under Pinochet reacted with disappointment to the new ruling in the long legal saga involving the former strongman.

8.   The ruling is expected to be just another step in the legal saga involving Pinochet, as the case may go back all the way to the Supreme Court.