11.   Because the final agreement was brokered under direct threat of U.S. invasion, Aristide was reduced to the uncomfortable role of an informed but passive participant.

12.   Beyond a direct threat from China, there are other reasons the Pentagon might want to develop the means to thwart its missile systems.

13.   - He soon eased off the direct threats.

14.   A federal appeals court last year ruled that the law bans only direct threats such as hunting or killing the species -- not destruction of habitat.

15.   But for all the popular fears raised by a falling currency, the direct threat to the U.S. economy is actually quite small.

16.   But if a sliding dollar is little direct threat to the United States, the same is not true of the risk a swelling yen poses for Japan.

17.   Critics also say the ads are a direct threat to campaign spending laws that limit the use of big donations from corporations and wealthy individuals for federal elections.

18.   Despite government denials and reassurances, the disease, known as BSE, was determined to pose a direct threat to humans.

19.   Fallon said Houston schools have a zero tolerance policy for weapons on school grounds and also for direct threats of violence.

20.   For American and Delta, the second- and third-largest domestic carriers after United, the US Airways deal is a direct threat.