We drive to the cottage in virtual silence, our minds working overtime.

After ten minutes of virtual silence, she says something that draws a hot response.

But some are beginning to wonder, why has the Government operated in virtual silence about its activities for the past 40 years?

For a while, they ate in virtual silence, breaking it only to comment on the quality of the food.

They rode along for some time in virtual silence and increasing discomfort.

The two of them spent supper in virtual silence.

They walked the three blocks to the courthouse in virtual silence.

But in 2003, after more than 18 years of virtual silence, he suddenly perked up and began speaking.

Martin would drive home in virtual silence with his wife, Fatimah.

But there is virtual silence on a ballot measure that could change the lives of more than 35,000 students in the state.