21.   From what is known about the tapes, it is clear they include as many expletives, veiled threats and sarcasm as a mob-movie parody.

22.   In the case of NBC, it also means throwing in a veiled threat to stop advertising in TV Guide.

23.   In this one, the player uses scare tactics, veiled threats, public humiliation and verbal violence to defend a piece of corporate turf.

24.   It could spill over into Syria, which might jump at the chance to confront Israel if Israeli officials follow up on their veiled threats to hit Syrian targets.

25.   It was a thinly veiled threat against neighboring Pakistan, which Saturday agreed to broadly assist the United States with attacks.

26.   Korean war ends in an armistice, following a veiled threat by President Dwight Eisenhower to bomb China with nuclear weapons.

27.   Kotto, who is Jewish, said the guy was yelling that all the Jews are going to hell, and making veiled threats at him.

28.   Ms. Phillips has a nifty way of seeming both aloof and intrigued, a kind of veiled threat at large in the Porter household.

29.   Not even thinly veiled threats from Islanders coach Butch Goring or the sudden appearance of general manager Mike Milbury changed the result.

30.   On Thursday the British Columbia ministers delivered a veiled threat.