61.   Several times since, Iraq has refused to cooperate, then backed down in the face of renewed military threats.

62.   Some states of concern still require ostracism, containment and military threats.

63.   Some analysts have predicted that Syria, which represents more of a military threat than the Palestinians, could take priority.

64.   That policy ought to be reconsidered in the absence of the overwhelming conventional military threat posed by the old Soviet bloc.

65.   That assumption makes them skeptical about disarming states through diplomacy and tends to leave them with few options other than economic sanctions or military threats.

66.   The administration argues that safeguarding American national security depends on having a healthy defense industry that can meet the challenge of future military threats.

67.   The class insisted she really did pose a military threat.

68.   The deployments Sunday are the latest indication of how seriously the administration takes the Iraqi military threat.

69.   The Israeli military threat appeared to be poised for a possible incursion into the city in retaliation for the bombing.

70.   The International Institute of Strategic Studies predicts Americans will start worrying less about the economic threat from Japan and more about the increased military threat posed by China.