1.   Last Friday, a Columbia University index showed the threat of inflation receded further in October.

2.   Now that it is slated to takeover the Rockefeller Center, that threat has receded, he said.

3.   RJR says it wants to complete a spinoff when the litigation threats recede and other factors are met.

4.   Some Democrats see last-minute signs that the threat is receding.

5.   The bond market reacted unambiguously, however, as the threat of inflation receded, sending the prices of bonds up sharply.

6.   When the threat recedes, there is a greater risk of internal disintegration.

7.   As the talks progressed, the NATO threat receded.

8.   As the threat of aftershocks recedes, the less damaged sites are re-opening.

9.   Now that the flood threat has receded, it looks like the Dutch environmental movement took as big a battering as the dikes did.

10.   They said support for civil liberties increases when the threat recedes.