1.   Like many skillful lobbyists, they know that there is no need to utter a threat when the threat is already understood, the legislators say.

2.   Suspicion swirls around a fundamentalist Christian commune whose Dutch-born patriarch is given to uttering fiery threats against the oil industry.

3.   The peace-loving physician stressed that he was just describing what he believes to be the political reality, not uttering threats.

4.   The police said Smith was not the man who uttered that threat.

5.   The religious leader, whose pronouncements are often echoed by his neighbors, quickly added that he was not uttering a threat.

6.   Aasivaaryuk was serving a nine-month sentence for uttering threats.

7.   Thatcher was charged with uttering a threat against Const. Laura Cluney last year, at a hearing into his application for early parole eligibility.

8.   He was charged Tuesday with six counts of uttering death threats and was being held in Toronto for a bail hearing.

9.   The suspects were heard uttering threats at the master of ceremonies who later left the packed village square, fearing for his life, Dampac said.