1. Americans, and much of the rest of the world, will not judge China favorably for enforced silence on its streets. 2. And it is pervaded by the spirit of enforced silence and academic regulations common to libraries. 3. But after decades of enforced public silence, militant Catholics are relishing their greater freedom. 4. But the debate, at times so eloquent inside the hall, is swallowed by a gulf of enforced silence outside. 5. But many Russians take heart from the simple fact that such a debate is, after decades of enforced silence, taking place. |