31.   He all but dismissed the threat of an oil embargo.

32.   He said most traders dismissed the threat.

33.   In Washington, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer on Wednesday all but dismissed the threat of an oil embargo.

34.   Indonesian navy commanders have dismissed the threat and vowed to safeguard shipping in the area.

35.   Iraq dismisses the threat in a U.N. resolution as needless rhetoric.

36.   Israeli hardliners and settlers on the West Bank have vowed to oust his government, but Peres today dismissed their threats.

37.   Milosevic was contemptuous of the Croats, dismissing their threat to withdraw as bluster.

38.   Murdiono dismissed the threat of worsened ties between Indonesia and Japan, its leading aid provider.

39.   Mubarak pointedly dismissed any threat posed by Iraq.

40.   Netanyahu dismissed the threats to end regional cooperation.