1.   Forrester waited for the laughter to die down, then carried on with his speech.

2.   The laughter died instantly and everyone waited in expectation.

3.   The laughter died instantly as Robert walked in.

4.   And just as suddenly, the laughter died.

5.   After the laughter died, the Astros dropped the Graves talk.

6.   But the uproarious laughter will die down later when Alexie castigates white writers who write, in his view, badly and presumptuously about Indian life.