1.   But if time has a way of turning tragedies into tourist attractions, it also has a way of magnifying cultural icons and exaggerating the mysteries that surround them.

2.   But it does mean that those core messages are often supplemented by testimonials from citizens who turn personal tragedy into political protest.

3.   From Washington on Wednesday, there were signs that President Clinton might seek to turn the tragedy to a gain.

4.   I listened in astonishment as the American way of turning tragedy into carnival slammed into the English demeanor of stiff, dignified formality.

5.   Leave it to Cho to turn tragedy into comedy.

6.   Personal and professional tragedy were turned into literary excellence.

7.   Politicians wasted little time in turning the tragedy into a campaign opportunity.

8.   Resilience, determination, courage and, perhaps, fate took these lives back from the ice, turning a tragedy into a triumph.

9.   Some look at that as a sign that the coach had grown up, turning a tragedy into something positive.

10.   The international interest in the reconstruction of Afghanistan offers the best hope in a quarter of a century for a shattered country to turn tragedy into opportunity.