1.   UN troops intervened to avert a threat of violent conflict.

2.   Analysts said the measures necessarily avert the threat of a new strike.

3.   Arab leaders expressed relief over the agreement that appears to have averted the threat of a military confrontation.

4.   Shocked out of the contemplative path, Nowick cast about for a kind of activity that might help avert the threat.

5.   Some suggested that direct talks were the only way to avert the threat.

6.   A deal would avert the threat of American trade sanctions in areas such as lumber, steel and textiles.

7.   Amid the intense fighting, the United Nations pondered ways to end the killing and avert the threat of mass deaths from cold and starvation this winter.

8.   An agreement Thursday between unions and management at Australian flag-carrier Qantas over a long-running pay dispute has averted the threat of flight disruption.

9.   British officials reconsidered Wednesday and joined European sanctions against the Yugoslav national airline, averting the threat of legal moves by the European Union to force Britain to comply.

10.   Ecevit said swift action to admit weapons inspectors could avert the threat of U.S. military action against Iraq, an option favored by some Washington hawks.