11.   Greenspan said that while inflation remains in check, the Fed should consider taking pre-emptive action to avert any threat to continued economic growth.

12.   Hopefully this would be enough to avert the threat of sanctions, he said.

13.   In a letter to Saddam, Bulent Ecevit said Turkey was trying to avert the threat of military action against its neighbor Iraq.

14.   In his letter to Kasyanov, Sumin urged the government to earmark funds to avert the threat of massive radioactive leaks.

15.   Iraq complied under an agreement with the United Nations, averting the threat of military strikes.

16.   The agreement averted the threat of military strikes by the United States and Britain.

17.   The agreement averted the threat of military strikes by the United States and Britain to force Iraq to open the palace compounds.

18.   The agreement averted threats of military strikes by the United States and Britain.

19.   The inspections were the first test of a U.N.-Iraq accord that averted the threat of a war in the region.

20.   It remained unclear how park officials would avert the fox threat in the long term.