31.   Not one had communicated a direct threat to the target or to law-enforcement authorities.

32.   Now NATO is sending heavy forces into a war that did not involve an attack on any member, or a direct military threat.

33.   Officials in Washington said the Iraqis were on their way to creating a very serious situation, but drew back from a direct threat of force.

34.   She regards it as a direct threat to the survival of the Italian culture.

35.   Since communism collapsed five years ago, there has been no direct threat of aggression from any direction.

36.   Since the site contained no direct threats, some legal observers say they believe the verdict will be overturned.

37.   Some parents said they worry more about those kinds of mix-ups than about direct threats to safety.

38.   Such international efforts, except in cases of direct threats to national security, have little public support.

39.   That poses a direct threat to American and Delta, the second and third-largest carriers in the United States.

40.   The agency tracks only incidents that pose a direct threat to flight safety, said spokesman Hank Price.