11.   For a start, the French museums would be poorer without these paintings, and had a vested interest in maintaining silence.

12.   For the most part, the jury, made up of four blacks and eight whites, maintained their silence about the deliberations Saturday.

13.   He maintained a silence that previous White House staff members might have found surprising but which, in the Bush White House, no one found remarkable.

14.   He has maintained virtual silence on the slump of Bernard Gilkey, believing that only hits, and not words, can correct what ails the slugger.

15.   Kerr maintained a silence.

16.   Maintaining the silence that has surrounded the case since Valdes died, Alachua County Judge Stan Morris returned it to criminal court in Bradford County.

17.   Monday, the author continued to maintain his silence, saving his version of events for a prime-time news program, Hicks said.

18.   Mrs. McDougal maintained her silence last week and vowed not to cooperate with investigators, drawing a contempt citation from a federal judge in Little Rock.

19.   Most officials have maintained silence, refusing to cooperate with investigators or give interviews.

20.   Niyazov also maintained his silence Thursday when the subject turned to his iron control over his country.