21.   Commentators here have speculated that the apparent administrative cover-up was intended to prevent panic over the confidentiality of immigration information.

22.   Dealers said the central Reserve Bank provided some liquidity during the morning session on Monday and had succeeded in taking some volatility out of the market and preventing panic.

23.   On Monday, Sullivan had ordered enforcement of the new law delayed until Saturday in a bid to prevent panic among illegal aliens.

24.   The exercises, which had been well publicized to prevent panic, caused massive traffic jams.