schtum

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Designer Jason Battersby is staying curiously schtum on what powertrain might underpin the Toro, but it's always fun to speculate.

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  • My favourite theory is that he stumbled into one of the Aborigine tribes (yes they are called that and no they are not the dark australian type) tiger traps and when they found him, fearing the consequences of killing a white man, they preferred the idea of burying him and keeping schtum!! —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Obama has spoken out on a number of issues, including the economy and the bail-out, so his sudden pretence that he is cleaving to the 'one president at a time' rule (the one that he just invented as a rationalisation for remaining schtum) is an unconvincing one. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • The co-founder and CEO of Spotify is busy travelling around the US and UK on business, though he is keeping schtum about who he is meeting. —  The Local - Sweden's news in English
  • I'm hitting New York for a few days, then off to Las Vegas for some insanity and plan to finally spend about a week in San Francisco chillin 'out and hopefully all will proceed without any issues; I suppose I'll just have to surpress my usual inquisitive nature and keep schtum. —  Avalon5
  • After Israel's assault on Gaza (well its big one, it's still attacking) the notion of war crimes and accountability led to the government and the IDF going schtum on the names of personnel so as to make charges harder. —  British Blogs
 

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