21.   Last month his labor minister warned that if business leaders carried out their threat of a nationwide strike, the workers would still show up.

22.   Law enforcement authorities and researchers who study the separatist movement have long warned that the Republic of Texas carried the threat of violence.

23.   Loss of certification carries the threat of sanctions, which would cost Mexico millions of dollars in aid money.

24.   Motz has hurt Honda in earlier rulings, refusing to dismiss racketeering claims, which carry the threat of triple damages.

25.   NATO at first held back on carrying out threats to intensify its bombing.

26.   NATO held back most of Monday on carrying out threats to intensify its bombing of Yugoslavia if Belgrade did not promptly accept allied terms on Kosovo.

27.   Nor does it follow that every worry carries equal threat.

28.   That threat must be carried out if needed.

29.   The council may meet on Tuesday if Iraq carries out the threat, officials said.

30.   The lawmakers, displaying uncharacteristic wisdom not to mention a keen instinct for self-preservation, quickly worked out a budget deal and the threat was never carried out.