1.   Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.

2.   As a toddler, the picture of his snappy salute before the coffin of his father, the slain president, was etched into the national conscience.

3.   As the daughter of a slain president, the book notes, Caroline was the subject of numerous stories as a girl, while Maria was not.

4.   For Russians, the Kennedy cult lived on even among those who were too young to remember the slain president.

5.   The next year, he attended his first Democratic National Convention, holding fast to the spirit of the slain president.

6.   As Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe looked on, a Zimbabwean military band honored the slain president Saturday as the casket was loaded onto the plane.

7.   Early this month, police asked the widow of slain president R. Premadasa about the disappearance of a precious gem from the presidential palace.

8.   Slain president is mourned.

9.   Six military brass strained to heave the casket onto a trailer as another officer led the procession with a large portrait of the slain president.

10.   The slain president was flown to Zimbabwe for medical treatment after he was shot Tuesday in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa.