91.   Hoping to calm settler fears, the premier made overtures to the settler community, but they mostly went unheard.

92.   His deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, sought to calm fears by strongly denying Malaysia would ban foreign currency trading.

93.   His invitation letter said the EU should try to calm fears about the economic impact of the crisis.

94.   In his first news conference since taking over, the former news executive sought to calm fears.

95.   In talks in London this week, Major and Hurd sought to calm Russian fears about the rapid reaction force by stressing that it will be under U.N. command.

96.   In their meeting last Wednesday in Madrid, Matutes calmed British fears that it planned to impose travel restrictions on Gibraltarians crossing into Spain.

97.   Instead of calming the fears, the appointment of Lt. Col. Jean-Marie Fourel Celestin as national police chief on Thursday reinforced them.

98.   Mayor Michel Thiolliere sought to calm fears of clashes.

99.   Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sought to calm public fears even while increasing the money supply.

100.   Officials have been on the telephone with agents around the world who buy wholesale tickets and travel packages, trying to calm fears.