21.   BankBoston quietly appealed to community leaders and others in Boston when it faced the threat of a takeover two years ago and won a huge outpouring of support.

22.   Berlusconi already faces threats to both his political and business interests from a referendum planned for June on control of Italian television.

23.   Boston Scientific also faces a threat in its market for angioplasty balloons as doctors switch to balloons with stents attached, analysts said.

24.   A federal district court had found that Microsoft was a monopolist that had repeatedly violated the antitrust laws, and the company faced the threat of being split up.

25.   A Western diplomat said the former king faced the threat of assassination.

26.   After facing a threat of being hunted almost to extinction, the whales now are threatened by collisions with speeding ships.

27.   After three days of extolling the benefits of peace to Israelis and Palestinians, President Clinton returned home Tuesday without major breakthroughs to face the threat of impeachment.

28.   Aguinaldo experienced a molar pregnancy - a gestation that usually produces only placental tissue and no fetus - and in addition she faced the threat of cancer.

29.   Brain and others discount the claim that Jantzen faces physical threats at home.

30.   But Cambodians face a threat that is hauntingly reminiscent of that era.