21.   The Thai financial system has come under severe pressure in recent months as a mountain of bad real-estate loans threatened the health of many banks.

22.   The toxic life form set off alarm bells last year in North Carolina when it killed thousands of fish and even threatened the health of fishermen.

23.   There may be concern among investors and analysts that a broad slowdown in spending on communications gear threatens the health of the entire communications equipment industry.

24.   This would lower the amount they pay for deposit insurance, but it would also threaten the health of the Savings Association Insurance Fund, which backs thrift deposits.

25.   Thrift executives say the resulting disparity in premiums could threaten the health of their industry and make them less attractive acquisition targets.

26.   Thrift executives say that the resulting disparity in premiums could threaten the health of their industry and make them less attractive acquisition targets.

27.   A choking smoke haze over much of Southeast Asia has threatened the health of millions.

28.   And Balabolkin warned that regardless of the quality of this new insulin, this struggle for the market is threatening the health of millions of diabetics.

29.   For several weeks late last year, haze from brushfires across Indonesia plagued much of Southeast Asia and threatened the health of millions.

30.   He and other Outback residents say the procession of new faces unsettles patients and threatens the health of their communities.