The name of the exhibit comes from the opening of the book "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.
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Thespring conference comes at a turbulent time for the Lib Dems and its president Tim Farron earlier said the party was in a "critical state" and its survival was not guaranteed.
The next pressure point comes this spring and summer, when Congress will have to raise the federal debt limit or else let the U.S. Treasury run out of cash to pay its bills.