11.   Meanwhile, public alarm over anthrax is growing.

12.   Nonetheless, intelligence chiefs and their political overseers considered the emerging mosaic of information to be menacing enough to merit a public alarm.

13.   The difference between sending an alert to this many agencies and broadcasting a public alarm is too minuscule to consider, Livingstone said.

14.   Chilean officials would not say whether he faced any criminal charges, but Chile has laws against causing public alarm.

15.   Concerned that public alarm could turn against the Communist Party, authorities have cracked down, rounding up gang members and executing leaders.

16.   Each was charged with making terroristic threats and making a false public alarm, he said.

17.   Helicopters hovered around the city and, to prevent public alarm, police announced that some ceremonies would include the firing of guns and military flyovers.

18.   Officials would not say whether he faced any criminal charges, but Chile has laws against causing public alarm.

19.   Officials on Thursday moved quickly to play down public alarm over signs that the steel suspension bridge spanning the River Tagus at Lisbon is sagging at its middle.

20.   The fall occurred amid general public alarm about the nationalization of two commercial banks with bad debts, and widespread rumors that more commercial banks will collapse.