51.   Had it escalated, the latest dispute would have threatened notably trans-Atlantic flights serving the Atlanta Olympics, which begin in July.

52.   A dispute over insurance threatens to figure prominently in the Hashimoto-Clinton meeting.

53.   And the dispute threatens to escalate.

54.   English strongman Andrew Callard and Nigerian Christopher Onyezie stopped an Australian sweep of the Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medals Friday after a dispute threatened to mar the event.

55.   The territorial dispute has threatened sensitive bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.

56.   Top Chinese officials and academics issued fresh warnings Thursday that outstanding disputes threaten to derail efforts to keep sensitive Sino-US political and economic relations on track.

57.   Taiwan has warned that the nuclear waste dispute could threaten bilateral ties with South Korea.

58.   The dispute had apparently threatened to scuttle the Dayton talks, which led to a peace agreement being announced Tuesday in Washington.

59.   The dispute threatens to figure prominently in a meeting here Sunday between US President Bill Clinton and Hashimoto ahead of a full APEC summit on Monday.

60.   The increasingly bitter dispute threatens to overshadow the gala opening ceremony in the Eden Gardens cricket ground on Sunday, which has been sold out for months.