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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 the library director was notified that only unobtrusive plainclothesmen were entering the building. Their instructions: “When you find him, overpower him. Quietly.â€� It was done, and only a few people in the crowded building saw a handcuffed man being ushered past the checkout counter. “See,â€� one librarian remarked quietly to an amazed person, “that’s what happens when you don’t pay your book fines.”