21.   Ronaldo laid to rest the doubts about the sturdiness of his right knee, rebuilt in surgery that kept him away from the pitch for nearly two years.

22.   The two-time FIFA Player of the Year laid to rest doubts whether his surgically rebuilt knee could take the punishment of the World Cup.

23.   Chirac has said since that Juppe would soon unveil facts and figures to lay to rest doubts in financial markets which had begun to undermine the franc.