21.   At town meetings and gatherings, few folks have expressed serious concerns about what will happen when the clock strikes midnight.

22.   All across the city, clocks are striking twelve.

23.   But after the sensational news, Russians were glued to their television sets when the Kremlin clock struck twelve.

24.   But the clock struck zero.

25.   Cash machines from Madrid to Helsinki will dispense euro notes as soon as the clock strikes midnight, culminating a process under way for a decade.

26.   Cash machines from Madrid to Helsinki began dispensing euro notes as soon as the clock struck midnight, culminating a process under way for a decade.

27.   Four minutes later, the clock strikes again.

28.   For when the clock strikes midnight, the city grows silent, the residents fall into an unwakeable sleep and The Strangers go prowling.

29.   He then takes a second photo of his balance after the clock strikes midnight, the machine malfunctions, and his account increases by millions.