1.   One woman told me of a particular year in which seven close relatives died.

2.   None of the bereaved stood on the spot where their relatives died.

3.   Another relative died three weeks ago.

4.   Another was when a relative died.

5.   But such special treatment would never be accorded to the many others whose relatives died in public service, such as the children of soldiers and police officers.

6.   Cruelly, sometimes an aging relative dies the same week a child is born into a family.

7.   Each side was joined by demonstrators whose own relatives had died violently.

8.   Family members said Monday that five relatives died in the blasts in the village of Rosgam.

9.   Hicks would not detail his family troubles, except to say that a relative died.

10.   I always thought of vulnerability as a weakness, like thinking I had to show a stiff upper lip when my relatives died.