But instead of calming fears, the letter inflamed them, Mrs. Florio said.

And there is little doubt that he succeeded, at least partially, in calming fears of investors and representatives of the nearly 100 banks attending the session.

The Clinton Administration has done a miserable job at calming fears and building consensus.

But he has succeeded in calming fears in Washington and Oregon communities around the laboratory, which occupies a territory the size of Rhode Island.

In addition to calming fears about a surge in manufacturing, the jobs report showed once again that the economy seems to be able to grow strongly without generating inflationary pressures.

Far from calming fears - the E.P.A.'s officially stated intent - the program is having the opposite effect on some people, who say that their careful compartmentalization of terrors would be put at risk.

Father Aristide, many say, lacks both the organizational support and the reassuring wisdom of Mr. Mandela, both of which would be helpful in calming fears and striking workable compromises.

The biggest surprise, however, was a 40 percent increase in marriage rates among two-parent families - calming fears that generous welfare benefits would encourage couples to split up.

These facts, if they were more widely known, would go a long way to calming fears about Latino immigration.

It was very brave of him, and it's gone a long way to calming fears down there.