Stage 1 is the conspiracy of silence.

第一阶段是“暴风前的宁静”。

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Some conspiracy theorists believe that the company's silence was a sign of a coverup, and that the post-disaster retrofitting of Titanic's sister ships proves Harland &Wolff knew its ship was flawed.

一些阴谋论者认为，该公司的沉默是一种包庇，而且灾后对泰坦尼克号的姊妹船的改装也证明Harland &Wolff当时就知道巨轮本身存在瑕疵。

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In a long time, I to the society that I think is very poor and the unfortunate situation of published opinions, they will make me feel guilty silence in the conspiracy.

在长时间内，我对社会上那些我认为是非常恶劣和不幸的情况公开发表了意见，对它们的沉默就会使我觉得在犯同谋罪。

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They simply turned the megaphones off and by a conspiracy of silence tried to hide the whole thing from the public.

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In response, some have said the conservative bloggers are wrongly seeing a conspiracy of silence where there is only a difference over news judgment.

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In thinking about how to break down what was described as a "conspiracy of silence", the Chief Constable of Great Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy has told me that key is the question of legitimacy.

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