21.   Deutch told a Senate committee that intelligence agencies are alert to the growing threat, but that the explosive growth of the Internet has increased its vulnerability.

22.   Faced with the growing threat of U.S. military action, the Muslim clerics in Afghanistan issued their own fighting words as part of their ruling on bin Laden.

23.   For several years, defense and terrorism experts have been warning of the growing threat to civilian aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.

24.   Forecasters warned of a growing threat that thunderstorms could force a delay.

25.   Fuji also faces a growing threat from a new breed of filmless digital cameras.

26.   Growing threats against the birds first turned to action in April, when eight cormorants were killed, federal wildlife officials said.

27.   He spent much of his time in office struggling with the growing Communist threat, including war in Korea.

28.   In response to the growing threat, the Legislature this year passed a bill to simplify removal of a lien.

29.   In many ways a child himself, Guido tries to protect Joshua from the growing threat to the family.

30.   In the past several years, Clinton has highlighted his fears of the growing threat from cyberwarfare and of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction in the United States.