1.   Failure haunts many nations in soccer, a sport built on the human capacity for falling short.

2.   The nation is haunted by memories of the Second World War and Vietnam as it considers how intensely to prosecute the war in the Balkans.

3.   A half century later, the crime still haunts a nation.

4.   And the assassination continues to haunt the nation.

5.   But the first trial of ministers in France since World War II carries symbolic significance in a drama that has haunted the nation for more than a decade.

6.   But the first trial of ministers since World War II carries a symbolic significance in a drama that has haunted the nation for more than a decade.

7.   But despite its efforts, the double jeopardy continues to haunt the nation.