After a long silence, just when I suspected he had fallen asleep, Taleb spoke again.

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After a long August silence, it appeared that the FCC would defer to Congress after all.

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The light of a full moon shimmered on the plain, and from time to time they saw a rabbit jump, but Pereda paid no attention, and after a long spell of silence he softly began to sing a song in French that his late wife had liked.

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Before the start, the RDS crowd impeccably observed a minute's silence for one of Irish rugby's favourite sons, Moss Keane who died after a long illness on Tuesday.

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After remaining relatively quiet for a long time the company is finally breaking their silence regarding the iPhone 4 antenna drama tomorrow morning with a press conference.

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