There was pin-drop silence as the procession passed by the school with only intermittent sobs breaking the silence.

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The mood was somber as students lit candles in silence, with only muffled sniffles filling the air.

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Katehi, who was clearly beleaguered and confused by the outrage projected against her, exited a press conference Saturday evening only to find herself greeted with the humming silence of protesters.

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The only contact with the foreign Trailmen is through trade conducted once a year in silence and by sign language, since the isolated tribes are thought to have no common language.

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He wakes up only one more time in the night, with a single bark that trails into silence.

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Only the call of a crow disturbs the silence around a gleaming, empty terminal that should be humming with the din of thousands of passengers.

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"It is only through swift and determined action against those who use violence to silence t the media that the tragic frequency with which journalists are assassinated in the Philippines can be reduced, " he concluded.

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But when you have only been on a few dates with someone, more often than not, break-ups consist instead of silence.

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