1.   The dispute threatened to damage East-West relations.

2.   But the dispute threatens to spoil the summer travel season, just as tourism here has finally recovered from the Asian economic crisis.

3.   Claims could rise even more in coming weeks as job disputes threaten to put thousands out of work.

4.   Claims could rise in coming weeks as job disputes threaten to put thousands out of work.

5.   Finlay, in his military role, kept the trains running when labor disputes threatened to bring them to a halt during and just after the war.

6.   However, the dispute threatens to slow down the reconstruction effort, aimed at rebuilding infrastructure and developing a market economy.

7.   State officials said Tuesday that the dispute threatened almost a billion dollars in federal health assistance to the elderly and poor.

8.   Still, despite the conciliatory talk, the dispute threatened years in which Freeh and Reno have stood by each other through bad times and good.

9.   The air dispute threatens the U.S.-Japan air cargo market, worth about a billion dollars a year to American carriers.

10.   The dispute threatened to disrupt Middle East exports.