Several officials said the strongest reassurance to Germans in their current mood of anxiety would be a community decision to place the future European central bank in Frankfurt.

"Grand vision and strong reassurance are sometimes what it takes to trigger the private investment we need," said Ruth W. Messinger, the Manhattan Borough President.

Tom Engleson might have been nine years Jared's junior, but they still had much in common, including, it now appeared, the need for strong reassurance about such things.

The Economy Producer prices declined two-tenths of 1 percent in October, surprisingly strong reassurance that a pickup in the economy is not reviving inflation.

I told my name and made strong reassurances that we were here in peace.

Now he shot as strong a mental reassurance to his young colleague as he dared.

As that was the first information Asia had ever volunteered in her presence, Laria paid close attention and sent a strong reassurance to the girl.

Holding the Signs now, he felt from them suddenly a strange fierce sensation like an electric shock: a strong, arrogant reassurance of power.

Permission to move was frequently denied, but once in a while the hijackers surprised their hostages with kind behavior and strong reassurances that everything would turn out all right.

But in all his face-to-face contacts with the handicapped - and with worried parents - he radiated a great warmth of strong, friendly reassurance.