11.   SHIPPING services in Orkney face the threat of disruption as crews of the Orkney Islands Shipping Company vote on whether to take strike action.

12.   And Gore faces a threat from Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, whose liberal agenda has drawn appeal from Democrats in several states.

13.   And Internet businesses face another threat, the kind that comes with success.

14.   And once regional sites are launched, newspapers will face serious threats to their bread-and-butter classified ads.

15.   As for the possibility of contamination, supporters of the bill said buyers faced that threat now, and the new arrangement would not increase it.

16.   Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani lawyer who is the investigator for extrajudicial and summary executions, has faced death threats and has been under police protection for years.

17.   At least for now the reform bill does not face the threat of a filibuster by Trent Lott and the Republican leadership.

18.   At his news conference Thursday, Robertson sounded almost like Putin in arguing that the current NATO approach to Russia is outmoded in a world facing new threats.

19.   At home, TransCanada faces a threat from Alliance Pipeline LP, a group that includes Duke Energy of Charlotte, North Carolina.

20.   At the same time, Microsoft faces the threat of a rising wave of consumer class-action cases and other private lawsuits.