The Scientific Alliance, for instance, is run by a scientist but was set up by a businessman to counter green fears and campaign against green taxes.

In order to counter public fears, Mr. Goulet appeared in television commercials with his infant granddaughter.

The document called for more global engagement and sought to counter fears that the US is at war with Islam.

Heron International, one of Britain's largest private companies, is doing its best to counter fears that it is collapsing.

The figures go some way to counter fears that the recovery is faltering, but they reveal also that not every sector of the economy is gaining.

These assertions are intended to counter fears that he lacks the fiber to run the big show.

The program involves physical training, muscle strengthening and psychosocial rehabilitation to counter fears of movement and undue emotional tension.

The officers of the 'new police' were unarmed to counter fears of a paramilitary organisation.

In the conference call, company officials took pains to counter fears that Amazon, like many smaller online companies, was in danger of running out of cash.

To counter such fears, he delivered a speech in Swansea, Wales, just 13 days after he took office in April.