11.   But the alternative is usually a court martial, which carries the threat of criminal penalties.

12.   China responded by saying it will impose retaliatory tariffs on a broad range of U.S. products if the Clinton administration carries out its threat.

13.   Daley said such uses carry little threat to society.

14.   Few said they expect the threat to be carried out, because of its crippling effect on agriculture.

15.   Furthermore, the country is too weak to carry out threats against neighbors, even if extreme nationalists should gain power.

16.   He said they carried new threats from Osama bin Laden against both the United States and Britain.

17.   If the association carries out its threat, state and federal governments would have to take over the inspection of blood centers and enforcement of safety standards.

18.   In another, the court will decide whether it is sexual harassment to threaten consequences for rejecting advances, even if the threat is never carried out.

19.   Known by social scientists as aversive racism, this form is far more dominant in a society where open hostility carries the threat of stiff fines or worse.