1.   At one public meeting, they issued a vague threat to punish the USDA if they went along with the scientists.

2.   But lawmakers at the hearing drew a distinction between combating terrorism and infiltrating militias or other paramilitary groups that might pose a vague threat.

3.   Diplomats say US envoy Lake has made vague threats of sanctions if warfare does not cease.

4.   Furthermore, Iraqi leaders continued their denunciations of Arab leaders critical of President Hussein and renewed vague threats against Kuwait.

5.   In one instance, a parent notified school officials who told the police about the vague threat against Texas schools after the story had been in the news.

6.   In warning the West not to strike Yugoslavia, Russian officials have issued vague threats of their own.

7.   In the months leading up to the Persian Gulf war, the first Bush administration decided that a vague threat could be a powerful one.

8.   Is it media powerhouse Rush Limbaugh or the vague spectral threat of the establishment media that he rails against?

9.   Iraq is keeping up pressure on the council with vague threats of defiance if there is not also movement toward long-term monitoring of biological, chemical and missile programs.

10.   Local and state officials hope to see crowded campuses today, despite a vague threat of terrorism against an unspecified Texas school.