1.   By the late seventies the middle class had expanded beyond the point of safety and disaster did strike.

2.   Congress often gives millions of dollars in foreign aid when natural disasters strike.

3.   Disaster struck when two men were killed during their parachute jumps.

4.   Disaster struck, and he lost all movement in his legs.

5.   Everything seemed to be going fine when suddenly disaster struck.

6.   His lead had stretched to half a minute on the soaking track when disaster struck.

7.   If disaster strikes again, he expects to find a sympathetic ear at the White House.

8.   Most of us live with that possibility because it is part of the human condition to know that disaster can strike.

9.   Once again, disaster struck the party, with nothing but benefits for Daley.

10.   Why, then, should their lives be of less value when disaster strikes?