61.   But when he refused to go along with their plans he felt they passed on veiled threats that something would happen to his relatives.

62.   Calling the collection of political funds a longstanding practice by military-backed predecessors, he disavowed previous veiled threats against the current political establishment.

63.   But veiled threats of a crackdown loomed, despite the concession on Nis.

64.   China made a veiled threat to complicate the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Macedonia to punish the former Yugoslav republic for establishing diplomatic ties with Taiwan, diplomats said.

65.   Cruyff for his part appears to have regained his composure following his veiled threat to abandon the club last week.

66.   Cruyff, for his part, appears to have regained his composure following his veiled threat to abandon the club last week.

67.   Despite pleas and veiled threats of a price war, however, Russia is the only major non-OPEC producer so far to publicly declare its willingness to oblige.

68.   EU officials said the letter blocked by Britain Wednesday would have refuted Canadian allegations of overfishing and contained a veiled threat of sanctions.

69.   For three consecutive days last week, Serbs forced planes carrying U.N. civilians to turn around in midair by issuing veiled threats against them.

70.   For three straight days last week, veiled threats by the Serbs forced planes carrying U.N. staff members to turn around in midair.