Many argued that the threat wasn't that great, the response would be too expensive to afford, the public wouldn't support it.
It is that whole notion, the fact that for the time being, for the foreseeable future, the new threat isn't from necessarily traditional enemies.
For now the biggest threat isn't Obama but cash-strapped state governments like New York's, where Governor David A. Paterson's income-tax hikes could push the top rate for New York City dwellers to 12.6%.
Deutsche Bank analysts said that threat hasn't been this severe since the late 1970s and early 1980s, the time of the Iranian revolution and a war between Iran and Iraq that disrupted oil supplies.
"In theory there is a clear threat to the privacy of European citizens, but in reality the fact that it is obscure suggests that the threat isn't as great as it might be perceived, " he said.
U.S. officials said the threat wasn't serious.
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Furthermore, in light of the threat posed to T'boli culture and cultural traditions due to the influences of urbanisation, educating women will enhance the capacity of indigenous people to preserve their culture, principally because women as the primary childcare givers, will be empowered to socialise their children into their culture from an informed position.
If your body and brain don't register something as a terrible threat, it doesn't cause stress-related problems later.
Carriers discourage the practice, but say it isn't a serious threat to their pricing strategies because most fliers won't go to the trouble.
This would allow Congress to challenge a president's characterization of a threat with the public (as well as call out a president if he isn't addressing a threat).
"We are concerned that vulnerable families still living in temporary camps won't treat this storm as a serious threat after Tropical Storm Emily didn't hit Port-au-Prince as predicted, " warned World Vision's Meg Sattler in Port-au-Prince.
But I make sure my animals aren't a threat to the community, either.
The government, however, expressed confidence that it still enjoys majority support and that there wasn't any threat to its survival.
But the U.S. government official briefed on the investigation rebuffed the idea that Todashev wasn't a threat -- noting, for instance, that he could have taken the agent's gun.
Several timber backdrops at the range were partially or completely burned, but because the facility sits in wetlands next to a lagoon, the fires weren't a threat to Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu, said spokeswoman Kimberly Gearhart.
Until Apple feels a competitive threat, it won't license its DRM, says Gartner analyst Allen Weiner.
"We don't feel any threat from competing guides, " says Yuen, 52, in an e-mail.
Yet many of us don't take the threat seriously and make ruinous gaffes.
And so we share the information -- we don't raise the threat level.
"Good genes" are no help if they are silenced, and "bad genes" don't pose much threat if they are not expressed.
But Graph Search probably won't pose a threat to Google anytime soon.
If they were under Gonzales' control, and no longer a threat, he doesn't understand why Gonzales felt he had to fire the shotgun.
Verizon, which has spent billions building its DSL networks, says the technology is interesting, but it's still in its infancy and doesn't pose a threat.
"Burrough Hill is a scheduled monument and, because it hasn't been under threat from development, it's just sat there quietly for about 40 years, " he said.
Intel doesn't dispute the actions described by the FTC but says its hardball tactics were protected by intellectual property law and didn't pose a threat to competition.
That doesn't mean the threat has diminished because of the Iraq war, but it does place the burden of proof on those who argue that it has increased.
An injury isn't only a threat to a player's health.
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