But the top American diplomat and other U.S. officials have remained silent about the state of the negotiations.

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It is still possible that there is a silent majority who support spending cuts and state privatisations.

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Like it or not, we've become hooked on being constantly connected, and passengers who are able to maintain that connection while six miles in the air appear to be traveling in a state of something close to silent, electronically-sated, tunnel-vision bliss.

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At the State Department, spokesman Patrick Ventrell flatly denied that any employee had been threatened or told to remain silent.

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The property boasts a two-bedroom guesthouse, a state-of-the-art movie theater with a pop-corn machine and a piano for silent film soundtracks, and an antique-panel covered office with soothing waterfalls.

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