11.   Otherwise, throughout the country, a nearly unbroken silence reigns.

12.   Silence reigns among the giant, old-growth fir and hemlock trees in the Stalwart timber sale near this Cascade foothill town.

13.   Silence again reigned.

14.   Silence reigned.

15.   Silence reigned after that, save for the mournful wail of a distant freight train.

16.   Silence reigns.

17.   When the label heard the results, stunned silence reigned.

18.   An eerie silence reigned in many parts of the French capital Friday as many non-striking Parisians simply took the day off to avoid the transit nightmare.

19.   Scalfaro predicted news Thursday but silence reigned at the Quirinal Palace, the official presidential residence and summer home of Renaissance popes.

20.   Silence reigns as the bus pulls in.