11.   Alone, muddled and frightened, the Pakistanis talked about resisting, and then surrendered by the light of a crescent moon.

12.   And the crescent moon will change locations around the planets each night.

13.   As he flew through gathering darkness, only a few stars emerged through the haze, and a slim crescent moon glowed in the night sky.

14.   A chance of rain was in the forecast, but a crescent moon shone in a clear sky.

15.   A crescent moon hangs outside my kitchen window.

16.   A glitzy stage-show recalled the Jewish struggles against persecution and fireworks lit the night under a glowing crescent moon.

17.   A third is a large crescent moon, fashioned in wood, that hangs above our heads as a stand-in for the Muslim world.

18.   After that, the relative position of the planets will begin to drift apart, but the show will continue until mid-May, when the crescent moon will reappear.

19.   But no one missed the underlying pro-American message, even though the only flags waved were green-and-white Pakistani ensigns bearing the crescent moon of Islam.

20.   By then, it was darkness under a crescent moon.