I often return to those moments in my mind, those moments of absolute quiet, when all questions became moot.
In a speech on Sunday, Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, demanded that 48 hours of "absolute quiet" precede any peace talks.
You'd never know that kind of absolute quiet unless you'd experienced it.
He has demanded seven days of "absolute quiet" before returning to the previously negotiated steps.
"Therefore, Ariel Sharon will need to make do with less than absolute quiet".
The death itself she described unflinchingly: Tied a silk cord around his meat neck and hung his meat body, loved though it was, in order to insure absolute quiet, on the back of a rented door in Soho.
"There are very few places where you can actually find absolute quiet in the world now.
A8 Mideast Edges Toward Meeting A second day of relative if not absolute quiet in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip appeared to pave the way for a meeting as soon as today between Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister.
A second day of relative if not absolute quiet in Israel and the Palestinian territories appeared to pave the way tonight for a much advertised, often postponed meeting as soon as Sunday between Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister.
The most remarkable thing about a forest blanketed in snow is the nearly absolute quiet, and that sweet solitude is what lures cross-country skiers deep into the wilderness to admire the pristine, snow-coated landscape.
The prevailing rule for the audience here in the hall is, as always, absolute quiet, please.
