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> [“An even more pointed example of the the power of the silence tabu in libraries occurred in Duluth in 1981. The police were pursuing a fugitive from justice who ran into the public library. Uniformed police surrounded the building, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-b-browne/an-even-more-pointed-example-of-the-the-power-of-the-silence-tabu-in/)

Ray B. Browne

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## More by Ray B. Browne

> [“An even more pointed example of the the power of the silence tabu in libraries occurred in Duluth in 1981. The police were pursuing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-b-browne/an-even-more-pointed-example-of-the-the-power-of-the-silence-tabu-in/)

Ray B. Browne

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