1.   My confidence was so low it was difficult to keep things in proportion -- the smallest problem seemed like a major tragedy.

2.   The European Council agreed that immediate and decisive action was needed in the face of the impending major human tragedy in former Yugoslavia as winter approached...

3.   The researchers say in some cases the after effects can compare with those suffered by survivors of major tragedies like the Zebrugree disaster.

4.   But there also were major tragedies with worldwide readership.

5.   Gene Allen, executive director of pastoral care at the Baptist Healthcare System, said many patients have suffered a major tragedy in their lives prior to their illness.

6.   I felt like a minor figure in a major tragedy.

7.   Maybe, too, it is because a major public tragedy played out in Italy last year seemed so inextricably intertwined with yachting.

8.   People seek higher meanings and seek major failures to produce major tragedies like this.

9.   To make matters worse, Ackerman was confronted with a major tragedy the day the mill burned.

10.   As police chief, Kolender faced several major tragedies.