1.   He, too, has Decided to keep a public silence.

2.   Many feminists were also interested in birth control as an issue although discretion dictated a public silence.

3.   And though he maintained his tactful public silence, his expression grew grimmer after every session with Arafat.

4.   As it became clear that Republicans were making substantial gains in the Senate, Clinton kept a public silence.

5.   Asked if he would resign, he said he would not, and he said he had maintained an initial public silence at the request of the Belgian authorities.

6.   Barak also ended six weeks of total public silence on policy to reproach President Clinton for making seemingly offhand remarks about the rights of Palestinian refugees.

7.   After Rumsfeld announced the end of the Crusader artillery system, White broke his recent public silence by telling reporters he supports the decision.

8.   But after decades of enforced public silence, militant Catholics are relishing their greater freedom.

9.   But he said nothing, continuing his public silence throughout a preliminary hearing that has transfixed millions of television viewers.

10.   But Ms. Lewinsky remains bound to public silence about the case under the immunity agreement she struck last year with Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel.