111.   Authorities feared the pills contained anthrax, but health officials confirmed they were only homeopathic medicine.

112.   Authorities feared the slayings could signal the beginning of a Mafia war, or represent the settling of old accounts suspended with the recent arrests of top mob bosses.

113.   Authorities feared the toll would rise.

114.   Authorities had feared his capture could prompt violent reprisals by the cartel.

115.   Authorities had feared on Wednesday that the spill was the worst spill ever in Japan.

116.   Authorities had feared riots and protests.

117.   Authorities have feared that arrest and other recent raids on Cali hideouts and properties, could prompt violent revenge attacks by drug traffickers.

118.   Authorities have feared that arrest and recent raids on Cali hideouts and properties could prompt revenge attacks by drug traffickers.

119.   Authorities have feared that the Abu Sayyaf rebels, who received millions of dollars in ransom from negotiators, might return to Malaysian waters again.

120.   Authorities may have feared that the church and its leaders, who had become more outspoken in recent years, were gaining too much prominence.