31.   Even an adult did not take his threats to heart.

32.   Few Europeans took the threat seriously, believing that Washington would not abandon its NATO commitments to protest the formation of the international criminal court.

33.   Few took this threat seriously, but the fact it was even issued indicated how low the sport had fallen.

34.   Federal officials take the threat of damage from mudslides and rockslides seriously, said Dan Hormachea, planning director of the White River National Forest.

35.   Hoteliers are taking the threat seriously, posting the warning at front desks.

36.   I never imagined Jordan staying too long and lapsing into Muhammad Ali territory, which is why I took his threats to retire last season seriously.

37.   I suspect it would take the threat of fines from the federal government.

38.   If the media took every threat with utmost seriousness, much of what people do every day would become impossible.

39.   I took these threats as directed against me personally also.

40.   In a letter Monday, Hastert sought to take that threat off the table.