31.   That is not an idle threat.

32.   That was no idle threat on Capitol Hill, where big tobacco has long succeeded in defeating legislation.

33.   The court ruling did not spell out how this would be determined, but it is no idle threat.

34.   These are not idle threats.

35.   These may not be idle threats based on recent events.

36.   This is no idle threat.

37.   This time, it was an idle threat.

38.   This was no idle threat.

39.   Those possibilities no longer can be seen as idle threats.