31.   Visiting Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing this week, Bush sought to quell fears of imminent military action, principally by offering to reopen talks with North Korea.

32.   With more than a dozen cases of the disease nationwide and thousands of postal workers taking antibiotics, the administration sought to quell fears the mail was unsafe.

33.   Zeman sought to quell Russian fears.

34.   Berlusconi assumed the post Sunday pledging that Italy remained a committed European, but that assertion has failed to quell fears across Europe, and at home.

35.   But ministers hurried Friday to quell such fears.

36.   The Sierra Leone government moved Sunday to quell fears that rebel fighters are threatening the capital Freetown.

37.   The Victoria government has moved to quell fears the outbreak could affect dairy export markets, saying there has never been a link between treated milk products and anthrax.

38.   Those fears were not quelled by a display given by troops in south China to show Hong Kong how effective they can be.

39.   News of a better-than expected rise in consumer confidence and strong durable goods orders failed to quell investor fears, as the selloff accelerated into the afternoon.

40.   The administration has softened its approach in recent days to quell fears on the financial markets of a trade war which could push the weakened dollar lower still.