1.   And the Taliban, as the Deobandi harborers of Osama bin Laden, posed a mortal threat to the United States.

2.   His plea deserves a serious hearing, especially from congressional Republicans inclined to treat any American overture toward Pyongyang as a mortal threat to the security of South Korea.

3.   It was not a smart strategy in a secular society, but it was hardly a mortal threat to the republic.

4.   MCI WorldCom is also seen as a mortal threat in the European market.

5.   Nazi Germany was a mortal threat to Western civilization itself, and had it been victorious, to the survival of even the neutral countries.

6.   Not all ranchers view wolves as a mortal threat.

7.   Record industry executives, who earlier this week thought they had all but vanquished a company they considered a mortal threat to their businesses, were chagrined.

8.   Still, the United States makes the perfect opponent for French politicians because people here are convinced that America is a mortal threat to their culture.

9.   The army maintains that it only fires when fired upon, or in response to mortal threats.

10.   The ominous name refers to the mortal threat Murdoch may pose to the maturing US cable TV industryand the young satellite television business.