11.   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.

12.   Almost always there is total silence as gaily dressed tourists, hauling children and video cameras, contemplate what life must have been like here.

13.   But when the curtain fell, there was total silence.

14.   His total silence about the issue that inflamed his own convention only two months ago speaks volumes about how he slid from there to here.

15.   Imagine sequinned pixies revolving around the rink in total silence.

16.   Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist, used to visit Shostakovich, so that they could sit together in total silence for an hour.

17.   Since the TV interview, Cordero has maintained almost a total silence in public.

18.   The ceremony was conducted in total silence as the prince, the prime minister and others stood watching.

19.   The total silence contributed to the pervasive sense of peril.

20.   The workouts are done in total silence to promote focus and concentration.