11.   As my family gathers for Christmas this year, the miracle is that my mom is with us.

12.   - The American miracle is that despite how badly we short-change education and how little we save, we manage to be so rich.

13.   A miracle is required for canonization.

14.   A miracle is what happened.

15.   A. The only miracle will be if the night doorman agrees to stay in the lobby with it.

16.   But an even greater miracle was the delivery of a fierce onslaught from the air without a single NATO combat casualty.

17.   But a miracle may be required for a number of Mariners careers, including the baseball bosses.

18.   But even in the middle of sadness there were miracles, he said.

19.   But such a miracle is hard to imagine.

20.   But thankful though they and their families are that they are alive, the growing legion of survivors are discovering that the miracle has not been without a price.