Fifteen minutes later, the plane took off and I glanced back to see why it was so quiet.

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Tommy Koh, another Singaporean diplomat and Asian-values theorist, says he once asked one of his Japanese colleagues why they were so quiet in this debate.

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Why is a company that revolutionized the tech startup market staying so quiet?

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There are several reasons, besides Mr Ahern's quiet diplomacy, why the constitution has been revived so soon after it had seemed lost.

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So why would Apple, known for meticulous control of its supply chain, stay quiet when someone has invaded its distribution network in China?

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Among the most interesting studies presented in Phoenix, by a Canadian professor of kinesiology named Joan Vickers, explained why the "quiet eye" technique, which she first reported 15 years ago, works so effectively.

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