We all shouted, and the happiness at having found them again was already fraught with the pain of having lost them now forever, as the moon rising in the dark sky sent out only the reflections of the sun on its lakes and fields.

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The match came at the end of a week in which City had aired the premiere of a film called Blue Moon Rising in a tale about their travails last season when they agonisingly missed out on a Champions League place.

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In contrast, the rising countries of Asia, notably China and India, have begun plans for manned flights to the moon and beyond.

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Tide: periodic rising and falling of large bodies of water resulting from the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun acting on the rotating earth.

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The moon was rising over the mountains, aglow there opposite the lingering light of the setting sun.

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Earlier at the Rome summit, U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon called for a drastic increase in food production to meet the demands of a rising population and stave off a crisis brought about by oil prices, climate change and the impact of the biofuel market.

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