1.   But they keep Soviet might in mind, however remote the threat now seems.

2.   Although the immediate Iraqi threat seemed to abate Wednesday, the United States continued to build a deterrent force that also has an offensive ability.

3.   Although there has been talk of Rumsfeld scrapping the Crusader for about a year, Arsenal Partnership President Tony Gaetano said the threat never seemed realistic.

4.   And since it faces no direct threat from any particular enemy, the greater threat may often seem to be the multilateral strings that tie this Gulliver down.

5.   Against the panorama of microbes that routinely wander through this city and threaten its residents, the hypothetical threat of anthrax seemed to fade a little.

6.   But in the American version the threat of expulsion seems to hang over anyone who appears the least nonconformist.

7.   But still, the instinct is strong to circle the wagons when the outside threat seems dire.

8.   But the threat of rain seems to be keeping people at home.

9.   Congress paid no attention because, with the economy strong in the United States and Japan still groggy, the threat seemed to have magically disappeared.

10.   Even the threats seem cliche.