1.   One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity , said the White House took the threat very seriously.

2.   The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.

3.   But Mr Dare is plainly taking the threat of increased competition seriously and has been touring England and Wales to sell his ideas to farmers.

4.   Although the mood outside was jocular, Bullock praised law enforcement officers for taking the threat seriously.

5.   Alunan said the government was taking the threat to Ramos seriously, though he had not implemented extra security measures.

6.   And if we have learned anything from Oklahoma City, it should be to take such threats seriously.

7.   And the agency is taking the threat of such chemicals seriously, said Lisa Fasano, a spokeswoman for the EPA region that includes California.

8.   As Arizona crewmen later boarded a flight from Turkey to Spain to New Jersey to Phoenix, U.S. officials were taking the threat seriously.

9.   At ESPNET Sports Zone, the current leader in Internet sports publishing, the Shaq threat is taken seriously.

10.   Bank Chairman Tadashi Okuda told prosecutors after his arrest in June that he took these threats very seriously.