11.   Their questions were tailored to help Starr defend himself, his investigation and his charges in person after four years of virtual silence.

12.   Players went through pre-workout stretching in virtual silence.

13.   But from the Taliban foreign ministry there has been virtual silence, said the diplomats.

14.   It looks like a jet without wings, and whizzes over its test track in the countryside in virtual silence.

15.   The State Department maintained its code of virtual silence.

16.   The unusually blunt statement followed a week of virtual silence from Russia regarding the NATO vote in the U.S. Congress.

17.   They were invited across and, as North Korean troops opened the casket, they examined the remains in virtual silence.

18.   There was no indication the Serbs were backing down, and virtual silence from the leadership.