41.   Thirty years ago, when the lights flickered for a moment, hardly anyone noticed.

42.   Up and down the street, Christmas lights flickered and glowed.

43.   You sat back and zoned out, and let the pretty, pretty light flicker off the back of your eyeballs.

44.   Dim light flickered from kerosene lamps and candles, and water dripped from the ceiling.

45.   Dim light flickered from kerosene lamps and candles, and water dripped through the ceiling.

46.   Green, red and blue laser lights flickered overhead.

47.   In Kabul, lights flickered on storefronts and over the loudspeakers atop mosques in the Taliban-controlled country.

48.   In Kabul, lights flickered on storefronts and over the loudspeakers atop mosques in Taliban-controlled Kabul.

49.   Most of them laughed nervously when a power surge caused the light to flicker, computers to blink and the air conditioning to fail.

50.   Some lights were flickering back on several hours after sunset.