21.   For one thing, this is first major case brought under the law that does not involve direct personal threats or an actual physical confrontation.

22.   For Starr, the inquiry poses a much more direct threat.

23.   Global warming is a direct threat to local economies, whether or not national leaders accept mandated reductions.

24.   Hamas leaders in the Middle East have made direct threats to attack American targets if he is returned to Israel.

25.   He also said he had guilt feelings and mentioned a weapon but made no direct threat, investigators said.

26.   Initially, the department said it could not probe the matter because the fax did not constitute a direct threat to members or the Capitol complex.

27.   It became impossible for me to report, and because of the direct threats I left Belgrade.

28.   It provides little direct threat to diners.

29.   Italians increasingly view the waves of refugees and would-be immigrants reaching their shores from Albania, Iraq and Kosovo, as a national emergency and a direct local threat.

30.   Military involvement in domestic affairs had been limited to national emergencies such as direct threats to the government.