1.   At moments in the Elian saga, analysts say, the mayors have let emotions trump federal law.

2.   But for many people here, the Elian saga is over.

3.   Elsewhere, the Elian saga became even stranger.

4.   In the four months of the Elian saga, he has only occasionally been directly heard from.

5.   The Elian saga had a lasting, traumatic impact on Cuban Miami.

6.   The Elian saga showed her the anguish of Cuban exiles and how it is misunderstood by most Americans, she said.

7.   The Elian saga, however, has polarized Miami, and could well have dissipated their national influence.

8.   The two black days in U.S. history have come together in the Elian saga in a strange nexus, at least for the exiles.

9.   Clinton was careful in his comments in the early days of the Elian saga, but later said the child belonged with his father in Cuba.