1.  Fires on such deeply parched land can smolder for days, he said, threatening any time to burst back into flame.

2.  In February, a meeting of the national committee dissolved into a near riot and police threatened several times to intervene and bring the proceedings to a halt.

3.  Morceli will also threaten that time Saturday.

4.  The committee chairman, Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, threatened several times to clear the room when people cheered or protested remarks made by those testifying.

5.  When I did, the tears that had threatened so many times finally spilled over.

6.  With the mayor threatening jail time for anyone caught with an illegal incendiary device, many managed their merrymaking sans sparklers and bottle rockets.

7.  Chinese striker Yang Chen struggled to equalize, threatening numerous times but never finding the mark.

8.  He has threatened several times to terminate the U.N. mandate in Croatia unless there is progress on reintegrating the Serb territories.

9.  Nigeria has threatened several times to withdraw from Ecomog out of frustration with the conflict.

10.  Nigeria, frustrated over the conflict, has threatened several times to withdraw from Ecomog.