1.   Take the water ere the clock strikes twelve.

2.   I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.

3.   Officially, the tax breaks begin when the clock strikes midnight Thursday night and ends at the stroke of midnight when Sunday becomes Monday.

4.   Resist the temptation even to pick up the phone as the clock strikes midnight.

5.   Still, no one is certain exactly what will happen when the clock strikes midnight, ending one millennium and starting the next.

6.   The show will be broadcast on national television, when millions of Spaniards tune in to hear the clock strike twelve.

7.   When the clock strikes midnight now, we will be conditioned, alert, waiting for something weird.

8.   When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow, King hopes the slipper still fits.

9.   Eastman will watch the clock strike midnight while overseeing mechanics who maintain computers that keep dial tones and long distance service humming along the East Coast.

10.   If Cinderella were dancing on Wall Street, she may have just heard the clock strike midnight.