1.   Chuck D, however, downplays these fears.

2.   He downplays fears that service could deteriorate again.

3.   However, almost every college coach interviewed for this story downplayed the fear of being hit with a line drive off an aluminum bat.

4.   Ridge, an Army veteran who won a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam, tried to downplay fears of turf battles.

5.   After two days of military confrontation, India and Pakistan tried to downplay fears of an escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals.

6.   Blair downplayed fears that tensions would flare again between Serbs and ethnic Albanians when the refugees were returned to the province.

7.   British police, who reported a flood of calls from an anxious public, downplayed fears that London could be a prime target because of British involvement in airstrikes.

8.   By Sunday night many financial analysts downplayed earlier fears of big market fluctuations.

9.   Chavez downplayed those fears Saturday as he toured slums participating in the project.

10.   De Silguy downplayed fears that an economic slowdown in Germany and other nations threatened the sink the euro-currency plan.