21.   A Japanese negotiator said the aim was to have Washington withdraw its threat of sanctions.

22.   A militant Hindu group had threatened to disrupt the present two-test series but later withdrew its threat under pressure from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

23.   After Szabo withdrew her threat Wednesday, both rivals were drawn in the same heat, adding more drama to the qualifiers.

24.   Anne Pollard, whose character comes across as hysterical and greedy, said she withdrew the threat after deciding the play might help her ex-husband.

25.   Baseball umpires took the field as scheduled Tuesday for the start of the postseason after withdrawing their threat to boycott the playoffs over the Roberto Alomar spitting incident.

26.   Beijing announced it was withdrawing its threat of retaliatory sanctions on imports of U.S. fruit, beverages and other goods just after the agreement was signed.

27.   BMW also withdrew its threat to cut off supplying engines for Rolls-Royce and Bentley models.

28.   But he did not make clear whether he was withdrawing the threat.

29.   But the radical Shiv Sena party withdrew its threat under pressure from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

30.   But they later withdrew the threat.