The "get Dan" forces thought they had him on the ropes in 1987 when he left the screen blank for six excruciating network minutes.

He closed the database and left the screen blank.

The screen blanks and a 150dB alarm goes off.

Once he had had a dream of coming into his office and finding the screen blank.

A laptop computer sat on the table in front of him, the lid up, the screen blank.

The commercial killer does not fill the space left by the unwanted ads, leaving the screen blank.

He stared at his phone console, its screen blank.

A slate lay on one corner, its silver-gray screen blank.

For seconds merging into minutes the mental display continued - only to be shut off, suddenly, leaving the screen blank.

On the other side of the manual was a desktop computer, its screen blank.