After another pause the Mercedes head of communications, Bradley Lord, finally said: "OK, ready to go?" but was left looking nonplussed when Hamilton said: "I'm not actually here to answer your questions, I've decided.
"Me, neither," said Morley Safer... Victor Navasky paused at the head of the stairs leading to the exit.
Next is the clean and jerk, where the bar is first lifted to the chest and then, after a pause, raised above the head, usually after a shift of the feet for more leverage.
Upstairs, in a restaurant, a boy blew out the candles on his birthday cake, pausing to bite the head off a miniature President Trump made of frosting.
But this grand, formalised method of remembering, this ritual pausing to bow the head in front of the memorial - I think this is, in some ways, at odds with six million.
There is neither an intrinsic reason for the head to pause there, nor is there a binding site present at this position.
Mr. Wolfensohn paused and then, referring to the head of the World Trade Organization, the initial target of the protesters' ire in Seattle late last year, he added, "You know, Mike Moore said today that blaming us for civil strife and poverty is like blaming the Red Cross for war".
The group paused at the top, and the head walked cautiously out into what seemed like space.
It's a good joke made great by the mock sincerity of his delivery, particularly the way he performs flabbergasted speechlessness (pause, squint, head shake) right before the crisply spoken final word.
Just before reaching the door the boy paused, turned his head in the direction of the pool and the other guests there, and hawked and spat onto the concrete pool apron.
