31.   In recent days, the career officials have threatened to take the highly unusual step of withholding their signatures from any final rule.

32.   In Virginia, state officials have threatened not to cooperate with the EPA if the agency imposes the stricter exhaust rules.

33.   In the middle of the big game, the prison official threatens to make things hard for Danny unless he sees to it that the inmates lose.

34.   Indian officials have threatened to take military action if Pakistan does not satisfy their demands.

35.   It has become a Washington tradition that every few years Amtrak officials threaten to cut services, especially along its long haul routes, unless Congress provides more money.

36.   Japanese officials often threaten to buy or sell currencies to bring the yen closer to desired levels.

37.   Japanese officials will threaten intervention, as they did on Friday.

38.   Japanese government officials threatened to sell dollars in an effort to drive down the value of the U.S. currency and prop up the yen.

39.   Japanese government officials threatened to sell dollars in an effort to drive down the value of the U.S. currency, and prop up the yen.

40.   Jones, bristling at such suggestions, says that league officials are even threatening his national television exposure and his annual Thanksgiving Day games.