The dispute has closed 29 ports and threatened to derail the economy.

A dispute over control of the Internet threatened to derail the conference.

State officials said today that the dispute threatened almost a billion dollars in Federal health assistance to the elderly and poor.

On the contrary, disputes over who should pay for the building's public features threaten to dilute the design even further.

The dispute over the repeal threatened to prevent the authorization bill from passing for the first time since 1952.

So far, the dispute has not threatened the agreement, many people at the meeting said.

Like most families, it was not always a peaceful one, but its disputes no longer threatened the entire planet.

This dispute threatened the running of the 1987 race.

The dispute went on for years and threatened several times to escalate to a militarily level.