1.   ...the looming threat of recession.

2.   Already there was competition from the year-round season in Washington State and a looming threat from China, which is now dumping apple juice concentrate on the American market.

3.   And one looming threat has been staved off, for now.

4.   But for political reasons, and in reaction to a looming international threat, virtually no one protested the final bill.

5.   But there is also the looming threat that economic sanctions could be imposed by the United States and strongly anti-nuclear nations such as Japan.

6.   Butte points to the recent sale by National Discount Brokers of a stake to Deutsche Bank of Germany as recognition of that looming threat.

7.   Does Goode think the looming threat of a court case will bring other power companies back to the negotiating table?

8.   Intel and Oracle also face a looming threat posed by the Internet.

9.   So it is becoming more difficult for American officials to call Japan a looming threat or a dirty trader or to mount an attack against Japan.

10.   So it is becoming more difficult for U.S. officials to call Japan a looming threat or a dirty trader or to mount a ferocious attack against Japan.