Word: sunsetting
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...hills on either side of the town of Copan in Honduras the ancient Mayans erected two monuments. These points determined a base line, running due cast and west. By standing on the eastern monument the ancient astronomers were able to take accurate measurements of the point at which the sunset. From these observations, which were recorded daily in hieroglyphics, they computed eclipses, and other astronomical data...
...blazing Crimson sunset...
...These cafés, opening early in the morning, make their profit by feeding the news agents and news vendors who come for their supply of Petit Parisiens. A corps of 15 super-inspectors and 60 district chiefs is on the move from dawn till sunset to keep the circulation booming in every quarter of Paris...
...Botanic Garden will be open daily from sunrise to sunset...
...Relating to Motor Vehicles, Section 15: "Every vehicle, whether stationary or in motion on any public way shall have attached to it a light or lights which shall be so displayed as to be visible from the front and the rear during the period from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise...