Even in the early silent days when films were black and white, actors exaggerate moves to make up for the camera limitations.

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Their chance came around New Year's Day, a rare holiday when machines in the factory went silent for two days.

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Many are worldly people turned ascetics eking out spartan lives as kalpavasis (those who spend their days in silent prayer) at the ongoing Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious gathering in the world.

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Heat President Pat Riley played for the Lakers team that won 33 in a row, and remained silent throughout Miami's streak, mainly because he rarely gives interviews these days but more so because the official team stance was that it simply did not matter.

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Heat President Pat Riley, who played for the Lakers team that won 33 in a row, remained silent throughout Miami's streak both because he rarely gives interviews these days because the official team stance was that it simply did not matter.

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Yet in the final days and hours of the advance on Srebrenica, which American intelligence could monitor closely, Washington fell strangely silent.

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