1.   The embarrassed staff related the sorry saga of how the seats had been removed to make way for cargo.

2.   But the stinking corpses lashed to the sun-soaked deck of a coast guard boat are but the latest incident in a sorry saga of persecution.

3.   Kalb names a host of familiar players in the sorry saga, but he singles out two individuals for special reproach.

4.   The Tony Ayala Jr. who was released on Tuesday, knows that he is not the victim in this sorry saga.

5.   This sorry saga will never end until the president resigns, is censured by both chambers or is impeached.

6.   Was the whole sorry saga at last over and done with?

7.   His zeal may have led to unseemly behavior, but investigating the investigator will only drag this sorry saga on longer.

8.   More importantly, an early vote would see the Senate address from the outset the core issue in this sorry saga.