11.   It was Holder who delivered a lukewarm but crucial endorsement of the pardon in the waning hours of the Clinton presidency.

12.   It is the waning hours of daylight that ensure the arrival of the colorful foliage each autumn season.

13.   President Bill Clinton was still trying to salvage it in the waning hours of his presidency.

14.   Still, in the waning hours of Tuesday, there were vestiges of optimism for a deal.

15.   The deal came together in the waning hours of a night of off-again, on-again negotiations.

16.   The measure, quietly introduced late last week, is identical to the one the Senate passed Thursday in the waning hours of the regular legislative session.

17.   The second and most important lesson, he said, was not to make Alabama a question mark in the waning hours of the selection process.

18.   Then, in the waning hours of his administration, came all those pardons.

19.   The waning hours are measured by the ring of the church bell, which sounds every half-hour.

20.   The waning hours of daylight insure the arrival of the colorful foliage season each autumn.