1.   Because these countries were spared the full brunt of modern wars, their physical pasts remain remarkably intact.

2.   But he did and we got a bill and the country was spared a really mean debate.

3.   It was recited many times that Nixon chose to spare the country and not contest his narrow defeat at the hands of John Kennedy.

4.   The Truth Commission, designed to spare the country from the expense and political divisiveness of trials, is investigating political crimes committed by all sides under apartheid.

5.   That would spare other countries, presumably including Mexico, what they see as humiliating annual critiques.

6.   Tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday demanding Estrada resign to spare the country from a prolonged political crisis that could devastate its already ailing economy.

7.   The deal spares the country the prospect of seeing one of its former chief executives put on criminal trial.

8.   He prayed that the country be spared from natural disasters and violence before having himself nailed to the cross.

9.   However, they said the country was spared devastation on a much larger scale as the cyclone weakened.