1.   Panic spread as news of the invasion reached Paris.

2.   Another five reluctant paired birds took off as the panic spread around the pond.

3.   However, when currency panic spread from Thailand and Malaysia last fall, Indonesia proved extremely vulnerable.

4.   Much of the spending will come gushing during the next two years, as awareness of the problem and the ensuing corporate panic spread.

5.   What surprised almost everyone in the recent turmoil was how easily and quickly the panic spread to rock-solid Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

6.   Panic spread through three mountain villages Saturday as lava edged its way down the erupting Mount Cameroon volcano, state radio reported.

7.   Panic spread across the city after African peacekeepers charged with enforcing the truce fled their positions, including the two crucial bridges leading into the capital.

8.   Panic spread as rumours embroidered the press reports.