1.   Along the way, she touched lives, inspired hope and restored faith in public service.

2.   Erma Bombeck touched so many lives that scores of readers offered to donate kidneys to replace her failing organs.

3.   He has touched the lives of many people.

4.   He added that the past two weeks had shown the family that Paul had touched many lives.

5.   And for one more year, young David Shedd could live with assurance that his life had been touched with the mythical magic of St. Nick.

6.   As you went around the room, you found guest after guest whose lives had been touched by these women.

7.   A normal life can be a hard thing to come by, especially for children whose lives are touched by AIDS.

8.   A self-declared policy wonk, he is passionately interested in details of health, education and welfare programs that touch the lives of millions.

9.   Abraham Hauer touched countless lives in decades of selfless giving to his fellow Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn.