11.   In referendums last year, voters in California and Arizona approved the medical use of marijuana, but the Clinton administration threatened sanctions against doctors who prescribed it.

12.   In response, the Clinton administration threatened to seek U.N. Security Council support for the imposition of economic sanctions.

13.   Indeed, the administration Wednesday threatened to veto the proposal by Phil Gramm, chairman of the Senate banking committee.

14.   It passed the House last year and the administration is threatening a veto.

15.   Japanese officials said Tuesday that they would withdraw from trade talks with the United States on automobiles and parts if the Clinton administration threatened sanctions during the negotiations.

16.   Moreover, the Clinton administration never openly threatened sanctions against foreign countries and financial institutions that did not join the crackdown.

17.   No administration threatened so convincingly to use its big stick unless Tokyo agreed to fundamental, precedent-shattering change in the way it did business.

18.   Previously, administrations have threatened to invoke executive privilege, then negotiated with congressional committees to avoid a court confrontation.

19.   Some members of Congress have been pushing legislation to overturn the ban, although the Clinton administration has threatened to veto such a measure.

20.   The administration had threatened to veto any bill with this provision.