He struggled, of course, against the same limitations as every actor did in the silent period.

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Film stocks were fairly insensitive in the silent period, and enormous amounts of light were needed to get a proper image.

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Dzhokhar was interrogated in his hospital room Sunday and Monday over a period of 16 hours without being read his rights to remain silent and have an attorney present.

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And yesterday was the first time since that cold day at the end of January 1965 that the bells of Big Ben had fallen silent as a mark of respect for the dead - with the exception of a brief period in the 1970s, when the tower was closed for repairs.

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Whatever the case, it is imperative that at the time of the campaign period - perhaps the most volatile part of the whole peace process - all guns will be silent.

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