On to the Olympics now, and the latest stage in the interminable countdown also marked the debut of one of the best pieces of London 2012-related design: the Olympic torch, which was lit in Greece.
This past week, many of us toasted to the coming of a new year, but the midnight countdown also marked a deadline that sub-Saharan Africa will not be able to meet.
In the countdown to Syriza marking 100 days in office, Greece got its first crisis monument.
The 50-day countdown was marked when London Mayor Boris Johnson laid one of the final paving stones.
But Countdown marks Hewer's first shot at breaking out on his own.
The songs counted down in the inaugural "American Top 40" were drawn directly from Billboard magazine, including the very first Top 10, reprinted here — which also, according to Rob Durkee's "American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century," marked the last time that Elvis Presley and the Beatles both placed songs in the Top 10 at the same time.
C4 marked the countdown to the end of another Big Brother with 8 out of 10 Cats: Big Brother Special at 10pm.
After answering to the last of the SAM questions, a new countdown started, marking the beginning of a new trial.
Mr. Gates, for his part, carries in his briefcase a countdown clock marking the hours to the end of the administration, and says the conditions that would keep him at the Pentagon beyond Jan . 20 Inauguration Day, are "inconceivable".
Giant Olympic rings became the crowning glory on Tower Bridge today to mark the countdown to the London 2012 Games.
IN July the sun beat down mercilessly, as one day melted into the next, marking the countdown to Kristie's move.
