1.   Among those who found a quiet park bench one recent evening were a young couple who freely admitted to being unmarried and declined only to provide their last names.

2.   And if a recent evening can serve as an example, it seems that irreverence is in short supply.

3.   Around the packed back room of a suburban Boston bar one recent evening, dozens of rain-sodden campaigners summoned the energy for one last refrain.

4.   As darkness descended in the Bethlehem neighborhood on a recent evening, the sound from the local minarets blared.

5.   As I slid into my seat at Aqua one recent evening, the worries of the day faded into distant memory.

6.   As questioning from regulators lingered late into a recent evening, Wittig tilted his head and put his hand on his cheek.

7.   At a well-attended community meeting one recent evening, local residents joined San Franciscans with weekend homes in Napa to discuss the petition.

8.   At a White House reception aglitter with Christmas festivity one recent evening, outgoing press secretary Dee Dee Myers offered a sardonic thought.

9.   After prayers on a recent evening, he held an open meeting of local Muslims to deal with the supposed ninja menace.

10.   After work one recent evening, Kevin Amter and five friends gathered around a refrigerator-size Panasonic television in a Manhattan loft.