1.   It evolved into an end-of-the-day ceremony for lowering the flag.

2.   On the stroke of midnight, the British flag was lowered for the last time over Delhi.

3.   And, in New Hampshire, Mel Thomson would commit news, just by lowering the flag at the state Capitol.

4.   Arrangements for state memorial ceremonies began, and flags were lowered in hamlets and suburbs across the Australian continent.

5.   At Castro and Market streets, the Castro rainbow flag was lowered to half-staff, and mourners left impromptu memorials.

6.   Beasley lost considerable support when he ordered the flag lowered.

7.   A memorial service will be held for Sobel in September at the Hofstra campus, where flags have been lowered to half-staff in his honor.

8.   After the flags are lowered, they exchange a brusque handshake and the gates slam shut.

9.   British Airways Plc is lowering the flag.

10.   But lowering the flag, he decided, was an inappropriate response.