Deforestation is the overall dominant threat to the African pygmy squirrel, which reduces their habitat for this squirrel and countless other species.

But experts disagree over how big the overall threat is.

The study also found that all the sources together posed less of an overall threat to the environment than many had thought.

Indeed, the FBI had never completed an assessment of the overall terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland.

Their intellect, battle capabilities and overall threat to people depend on their level.

But the report did provide an accounting of the abilities of each F.B.I. field office in the country to deal with the overall terrorist threat.

In the end, he presents no clear or consistent picture of the overall threat posed by the viruses he discusses.

The race's elite were content to let this breakaway stay away since no overall threat was represented.

The overall threat to the Postal Service is serious, however, and that is why it is furiously trying to expand its business.

To counter the overall threat, federal, state, and local agencies nationwide commit significant portions of their resources annually to antidrug law enforcement initiatives, education, and treatment.