Intriguingly, though this silent legacy could persist for at least three generations, it was not an irreversible alteration.

ECONOMIST: Genes are not all there is to heredity

Corporate America, normally quick to resist government intrusion, has kept strangely silent, as though businessmen are afraid of the consequences of sticking their heads above the parapet.

ECONOMIST: American politics and business

Scientists, though, have been remarkably silent on the connection.

BBC: Science & Environment

Little by little, though, it becomes clear that these silent streets, brooding buildings and a giant, groaning gas works across the way are landmarks of his mind, where the toxic past coexists with the tormented present.

WSJ: Cronenberg's 'Spider' Is Dark, Powerful

Though the Napster song-swapping Web service has gone silent, some of its 70 million users are moving up the content food chain to filmed entertainment.

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Though vocals occasionally filter through the music, All is Wild, All is Silent contains no lyrics.

NPR: Balmorhea: 'Settler'

Though friends and family of the suspects protest innocence, CAIR officially has been silent on the issue.

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Still, when Bear heard about a new egg company opening in Ohio, she wondered if DeCoster was involved, even though a new Ohio statute would make it more difficult for an owner to stay silent.

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