11.   Annan parried the expulsion with a veiled threat, the Associated Press reported.

12.   Apologists did not line up, no new veiled threats were issued, no officials were held responsible.

13.   Asked if that might factor into his future plans for the Vikings, he issued a poorly veiled threat to Minnesota fans.

14.   Asked to address the veiled threat he was heard making to one official before being ejected, Mason recanted.

15.   A thinly veiled threat to disrupt the playoffs by depriving teams and fans of essential and glamorous players?

16.   But Dawkins said he sees it as a veiled threat to keep him from testifying against Howard.

17.   But they have been attended by veiled threats by Wahid to call out his fanatical supporters, members of the broad Moslem organization that he headed for many years.

18.   China has retaliated, sending veiled threats to the tiny island in the form of missile tests and harassing Taiwanese shipping.

19.   Disney said it would ignore the veiled threats.

20.   From veiled threats to backpedals to not-so-fond farewells.