Within a few days, the story grew until the controversy threatened Nixon's place on the ticket.

The controversy threatens to overshadow signs of success at the fund's college prep and scholarship program, which escaped the cutbacks.

New Zealand has good trading relations with many Islamic countries and there were concerns that the controversy would threaten this.

"The controversy also threatens the good name of Winchester, which has stood for the safe and responsible use of ammunition and firearms for 125 years."

But the controversy threatens for the moment to overshadow the state's efforts to deal with its $6.5 billion budget deficit.

Several veteran political observers say the continuing controversy threatens to reshape the political landscape of the state, long a bastion of conservatism.

At the same time, national and even international controversy threatened the industry from the beginning.

The controversy threatened a crisis of confidence in the manner in which national security decisions are made and the role played by the N.S.C. staff.

But the death penalty section was dropped after controversy threatened the whole bill.

The controversy threatens to overshadow torcetrapib's promise for stopping heart disease.