11.   But public silence should not be mistaken for acquiescence, or despair.

12.   Carolyn Condit has maintained a public silence and absence during the nearly three months since her husband was linked to the missing intern.

13.   Despite his public silence, Clinton is said by aides to be closely monitoring the dispute.

14.   Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, breaking a long public silence, called on Thursday for peaceful elections and denounced those using violence to disrupt the proceedings.

15.   He has maintained a public silence on the case.

16.   In a written response to questions from The New York Times, Gulen recently broke a year of public silence about the accusations against him.

17.   It credits Pope Pius XII with saving hundreds of thousands of Jews, but avoids mentioning criticism of his public silence on the death camps.

18.   Living alone in a Richmond suburb, Willey has maintained a public silence about the White House incident.

19.   Neither Netanyahu nor Ross offered any comment before the Jewish Sabbath imposed a curtain of public silence at sundown.

20.   Such public silence from the principals does not, of course, halt discussion in the news media.