1.  In warning that it could retaliate against threatening actions, the United Nations appeared to considerably enhance its protection.

2.  Laying out his rationale for the invasion for the first time to the nation, Clinton cited maintaining U.S. credibility, after months of threatening action without following through.

3.  Of course, a lawyer and a letter threatening legal action usually help.

4.  Then, this September, the prime minister watched as the United States got the general to dump the Taliban virtually overnight by implicitly threatening military action.

5.  Threatening military action to make the government reduce its forces will not bring peace if the separatist guerrillas continue to mount military actions.

6.  Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg issued a tough statement threatening action.

7.  He stopped just short of specifically threatening military action against Iraq.

8.  The offensive continued despite a U.N. Security Council warning Wednesday threatening further action unless the fighting stopped.

9.  Threatening action would allow Coast Guard sharpshooters to use defensive deadly fire in return.

10.  Women are entitled to live free from all kinds of fear and all threatening actions.