1.   Four years ago seven leading men threatened to boycott the event because they considered the prize money too low.

2.   The games went ahead despite threats to boycott the event.

3.   The major Slovak parties boycotted the event.

4.   Despite earlier threats to boycott the event, the conference was attended by the nominal leader of the Khmers Rouges, Khieu Samphan.

5.   Although the family cruelly boycotted the event, she went right ahead with that nice funeral home service.

6.   A group of feminist philosophers, for example, boycotted the event, calling Las Vegas a place where women are often viewed as sex objects.

7.   A handful of Democrats are talking privately about boycotting the event.

8.   A number of Democrats already are talking about boycotting the event in Hershey, Pa.

9.   But the mayor said Friday that he had never changed his position on boycotting the event.

10.   If you had to work under these conditions, you would boycott an event, too.