1.   And then again in August, he starts rattling his saber again and backs off.

2.   Babbitt rattled sabers in Seattle last week.

3.   Both leaders, though, will have to contend with hard-liners who on Friday were quick to rattle sabers against the accord.

4.   A strike might not be imminent, but the players and owners are beginning to rattle their sabers.

5.   But the administration is rattling its sabers.

6.   Now, the owners and players are rattling their sabers once more.

7.   Still, Beijing has not hesitated to rattle its sabers to press Taiwan to accept that it is part of China.

8.   Soon, Kerkorian began rattling his saber and threatening a takeover.

9.   They know the UN is rattling the saber, threatening intervention.

10.   Yet, we accommodate that aggressive and repressive society with most-favored-nation trade status and seemingly blanch whenever the communist leadership bares its fangs and rattles its sabers.