1.   Government officials recently assured Hindus of protection.

2.   Also, there had been rumors of financial difficulties at Sabena, but the Kosters said Grand Circle officials assured them there would be no problem.

3.   An official assured him family members would not have to pay to have remains tested.

4.   As part of the effort to calm public anxiety, police officials were assuring residents that they would not be making sweeps into black neighborhoods for suspects.

5.   At first government officials assured the public that people could not get the brain disease from eating infected cattle.

6.   Bosnian Croat officials have repeatedly assured U.N. commanders that they would stop the destruction, and there were no reports of arson Saturday, Armstrong-Bell said.

7.   Administration officials have assured Congress that they were not backing away from their commitment to bring war criminals to justice.

8.   But health officials assure that there is no reason to believe that fresh berries in the stores pose a threat.

9.   But in recent years, German officials had assured consumers that all was well and no new steps needed to be taken to protect consumers.

10.   But Los Alamos officials also assured the Energy Department that there were fire walls in place to prevent the leakage of classified information, they added.