1.   At the Croatian side of the front line, the town of Karlovac was eerily silent after having been shelled briefly by the Serbs earlier in the day.

2.   But Chinese auto officials fell silent after the exhibition, causing confusion among car makers.

3.   Criticism of Lambright after late-season losses to Oregon, UCLA and Washington State fell silent after the UW dominated Michigan State in the Aloha Bowl.

4.   Giuliani was uncharacteristically silent after the speech, refusing to discuss it during an afternoon news conference at City Hall.

5.   Once again, the center of this city of one million people fell silent after several deafening explosions.

6.   People gathered in front of the stage for the awards ceremony were silent after the fall.

7.   Puckett kept silent after subsequent trades jettisoned pitchers Scott Erickson and Kevin Tapani.

8.   The Astros were silent after the first inning until Richard Hidalgo led off the seventh with a double.

9.   The ANC remained silent after the verdict.

10.   The judge might well have found the state law inapplicable to this peculiar situation where the witness went silent after testifying earlier.