In the silence, the occasional growling, crumbling sound of an avalanche may be heard.
"What was done cannot be undone, but we can end the silence, " Clinton said.
One of their legal representatives said they were still traumatised and needed "to break the silence".
"And the height of contempt was and still is the silence of the president, " she adds.
The silence was observed at Armistice Day services across the country at 1100 GMT.
Leicester Cathedral clock underwent last-minute repairs to enable it to time the start of the silence.
It was heard in prayers and hymns that broke the silence of an earthquake's wake.
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Picking on Israel makes the silence and hypocrisy that surrounds nuclear-armed India and Pakistan all the stranger.
Yet the silence around him was filled with chairs, tables, animals, trunks and escalators.
This, though inadequate, shows a bit more concern than the silence of the Muslim world.
The silence of the human rights and free speech crowd also provides food for thought.
Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, the country's third-largest health insurer, broke the silence on Dec. 12.
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The six-cylinder diesel engine guns into life, shattering the silence across Graham Hewitt's orchard near Stonebridge.
The rugby club will hold the silence before the Aviva Premiership game against London Irish on Saturday.
On the other hand, the silence of Christmas morning on one's own carries its own unique pain.
The Blackhawk lands here and, after the noise of the flight, the silence in Cameron is startling.
The silence about differences in intellectual ability on educational topics that scream for their discussion is astonishing.
And in the silence, a sound that had been missing for three days came to my ears.
But being able to see the park from the 22nd floor and the silence won us over.
That's when the Borromeos try to keep our ears alert for both the music and the silence.
The silence on the processor front makes sense, but we were hungry for more details all the same.
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The silence was broken only by the wind in the trees and the waves of the bordering sea.
The prime minister's camp is chagrined by the silence of his Likud colleagues since Mr Appel was indicted.
There was pin-drop silence as the procession passed by the school with only intermittent sobs breaking the silence.
The silence was broken by applause from members of the public who had come to pay their respects.
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Her breathing was very soft, but still audible in the silence of the room, the hotel, and the island.
However, the weakness of this anti-Trimble unionist axis was shown up by the silence of the two independents present.
The sound of wind and rain lashing the trees outside infiltrated the silence.
And when the occupants of all six rafts appear, the silence vanishes.
Not the silence of the lambs, but the silence of the sheep, and the herd instinct that goes with it.
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