1.   And they dismiss all the speculation about them bowing to pressure from the House or right-wing groups who allegedly are threatening political retaliation.

2.   Anti-abortion groups threatened political retaliation against a moderate Republican senator whose swing vote made the difference.

3.   But she insisted that Clinton had never threatened retaliation or tried to influence her story in any way.

4.   Chase threatened retaliation.

5.   Even if the purchase goals are supposedly voluntary, he said, Washington has demonstrated in the past that it will threaten retaliation if the targets are not met.

6.   He decided that the only way to stop Hitler from using such a weapon was if the Allies, too, had one and could threaten retaliation.

7.   Hatch stopped shy of threatening retaliation, saying he was above such pettiness.

8.   Israeli leaders threatened retaliation for the latest round of violence and Palestinians were bracing for it.

9.   Last month, the CIA accused Beijing of shipping missile components to Iran and Pakistan and threatened retaliation.

10.   President Saddam Hussein has threatened unspecified retaliation if the embargo on oil sales is not lifted this year.