41.   An eerie silence reigned in many parts of the French capital Friday as many non-striking Parisians simply took the day off to avoid the transit nightmare.

42.   An eerie silence prevailed in the normally bustling downtown shopping area.

43.   An eerie silence shrouded the ancient city even before an Israeli bombing deadline passed at mid-afternoon.

44.   An eerie silence permeated the high-ceiling room where foreign journalists are required to register their presence in the war-wasted capital of Kabul.

45.   Even in the best of the organisations, there is an eerie silence about the relative assessments of performance and the resulting increments.

46.   Freedom came with an eerie silence as guards melted into the night.

47.   In an eerie silence, heavy with heat and dust, the goats and chickens are dying.

48.   That gives the city an eerie silence and a feeling of having been deserted, although there has been no general evacuation.

49.   The somber events took place as an eerie silence filled the Brooklyn neighborhood.

50.   These days, an eerie silence shrouds Reljan as villagers watch the Yugoslav army hauling equipment to test radioactivity levels.