41.   Weakness in U.S. stocks is bad for the dollar because it fans concern that global investors selling U.S. securities will convert dollar proceeds into their home currencies.

42.   In the absence of information about the epidemic, rumors have spread of government plots and fanned concerns about domination by the Han Chinese.

43.   That fanned concerns Japan may be forced to cut interest rates from already historic lows.

44.   The popular, outspoken Tanaka fanned those concerns Wednesday, telling parliament she was shocked by her dismissal and saw Koizumi as an obstacle to her reform efforts.