21.   And as darkness fell in the Kutch, frightened residents braved the near-freezing temperatures to sleep out in the open.

22.   And as darkness fell Monday, air raid sirens went off in Belgrade, Nis, Kragujevac and Podgorica, heralding another night of air strikes.

23.   And as darkness fell over the smoking freighter, winds from the south were carrying the oil northward to dissipate off the Oregon Coast.

24.   And bring out the candles, because darkness falls earlier.

25.   As darkness fell and the mountains rose higher, we grew frustrated in our search for the elusive mountain research center.

26.   As darkness fell on the capital and his prosecution continued, a freezing rain forced Clinton to postpone a scheduled flight to New York.

27.   As darkness fell, hundreds of women gathered before the statehouse atop Beacon Hill in Boston for a candlelight vigil and rally.

28.   As darkness fell, some trucks moved out of the refineries.

29.   As darkness fell, the Ogdens and the Berrys had to search with flashlights for Haitians in the bushes, too ill to move.

30.   As darkness fell, tracer bullets cut through the sky above Tetovo, and several trees were ablaze, Reuters reported.