21.   The threat from bugs seems no worse than normal.

22.   The threat seemed to significantly raise the cost Bosnian Serbs would pay if they continued to kill civilians in Sarajevo.

23.   This threat seems to scare most sensible people off.

24.   This time the threat seems credible.

25.   Tom Ridge, director of homeland security, said Friday that with no new anthrax infections in more than a week, the threat seemed to be subsiding.

26.   While the physical threat from water seems under control, winery tasting rooms and restaurants are suffering.

27.   While that threat seems undiminished, Republicans were on the defensive Thursday.

28.   Yet somehow, in New Orleans, the threat seems more oppressive.

29.   But this time, the threat seems more real.

30.   Even as countries contributing U.N. troops talk of a pullout, the withdrawal threat seems to be fading.