41.   He said the major threat to the economy is the sustained high level of oil prices, although slower economic growth should ease that problem by curtailing demand.

42.   Huge deficits pose at least two major threats.

43.   Hopmann deals only briefly with terrorism, he says, because before September, terrorism was not viewed as a major threat to global stability.

44.   In addition, the United States has portrayed Iran as a major military threat because of what Washington calls its campaign to build longer-range missiles and chemical weapons.

45.   In congressional testimony in March, CIA Director George Tenet said terrorist organizations pose major threats to U.S. security.

46.   In Florida, the major threat to leatherbacks is development and beach lighting, which tends to disorient newly hatched turtles.

47.   In addition, Divx has riled the video industry, which sees a major threat to its way of life.

48.   In their last two games, the Wildcats quashed major running threats in Minnesota and Kansas.

49.   Investors worry that strong growth will lead to inflation, a major threat to stock prices.

50.   It was downgraded to a tropical storm that still delivered lashing rain but that officials said presented no major threat to New York or other population centers.