1.   After three decades of official silence, Mexicans may soon learn crucial facts about a spasm of government violence that changed their history.

2.   But in reaction to the assassination of the prime minister of Israel, there has been only official silence.

3.   In Moscow, which is celebrating the long Christmas weekend, there was official silence on Sunday, and President Boris N. Yeltsin made no appearances.

4.   On Thursday, the Vatican broke a long official silence by issuing a statement laying out its position.

5.   Since confirming the arrests in a meeting with Pakistani newspaper editors Saturday, Ms. Bhutto has imposed an official silence.

6.   The official silence from Rudenstine on his reason for denying Honig tenure has only fueled the speculation.

7.   The official silence exasperates Mandella, who fears his sterling reputation is being smudged.

8.   The pope, Lau said, needs to directly address the official silence of the church under the papacy of Pius XII.

9.   They would like to, for obvious reasons, but innate caution and earthquake ownership changes at ABC and CBS have produced a grumpy form of official silence.

10.   Palestinian school children burned American flags and stoned Israeli soldiers on Thursday to protest the U.S. air strikes against Iraq, but the Palestinian Authority maintained official silence.