1.   At the same time, the growing threat of Arab expansion in the western Mediterranean evoked passionate pleas for help from the beleaguered popes.

2.   The Tokyo water authorities say that there is a rapidly growing environmental threat and that the public needs to be educated about water matters and conservation.

3.   Cheap fibre imported from the Far East is a growing threat and European viscose rayon rival Lenzing has recently set up business in Tennessee.

4.   Among them, the president said, are growing threats of terrorism.

5.   And he could help ward off a growing threat from Green Party nominee Ralph Nader.

6.   Another is the growing competitive threat from China, which is already cranking out cheap exports and is about to join the World Trade Organization.

7.   Autopsies have also alerted officials to growing threats of infection or drug addiction.

8.   A couple of mild winters masked the growing threat of a shortage.

9.   A federal investigator accused government regulators of obstructing her inquiry into bogus aircraft parts and said unapproved gear is a growing threat to the safety of airline passengers.

10.   A Pentagon study released last week portrayed a growing threat to Taiwan from a buildup of missiles along the Chinese coast facing Taiwan.