1.   His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.

2.   And some Japanese officials are threatening to pull Japan out of the treaty entirely.

3.   And Western officials have threatened to withhold economic aid if Milosovic does not push the Bosnian Serb leader from power.

4.   A new wrinkle quickly developed when federal drug-enforcement officials threatened to impose severe sanctions on any doctor who prescribed suicide drugs, the Oregon law notwithstanding.

5.   A Treasury official threatened to increase internal investigations of IRS agents.

6.   Also, U.S. officials are threatening trade sanctions.

7.   But Guam officials are threatening to lease the shipyard to another company if it cannot sustain a large enough work force.

8.   But progress in Camden and New York became mired in a bog of political squabbling, and federal officials threatened to boot both from the program.

9.   But Russian officials are threatening to suspend deliveries unless immediate payments are begun for the uranium as well as reprocessing costs.

10.   But state officials are threatening to ignore it, rather than change the date.