In 1764 Hammurabi dealt with a coalition of Ashur, Eshnunna, and Elam the main powers east of the Tigris whose position threatened to block his access to the metal-producing areas of Iran.
If the Socialists see their position threatened by their tax policies, even they might change their spots.
This position threatened to encircle the Greeks in Albania and W Force in the area of Florina, Edessa and Katerini.
The department's position threatens to alienate social conservatives, who have provided strong political support for Mr. Ashcroft and President Bush.
Hyundai's precarious cash position threatens to harm North-South relations, which have begun to improve in recent years in part because of the readiness of Hyundai to invest freely in projects in the North.
To safeguard the broker/market maker and to ensure that the trader does not have to add extra funds to the account, the losing position will be automatically closed at a certain point in time if the losses on that position threaten to be more than the amount of money available in the trading account.
Leaving some leg and body kicks out for Trujillo to catch and force the takedown, Ferguson swallowed punch after punch to gain position, threatening with triangle, armbar, and leg lock submission attempts.
When George returns from a trip with new wife, Serena Lawrencee), in tow, business partners and former lovers find their once-favoured positions threatened.
(As it is, President Obama made the 2012 NLRB appointments, as well as the appointment of Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, only because the vacancies in those positions threatened to plunge those agencies into dormancy).
By Friday evening, MF Global was under pressure to put up more money to support its trading positions, threatening to drain the firm's remaining cash.
Thus far, the vast majority of air strikes have targeted Isis positions threatening Irbil, as several US officials consider the advance of Isis into pro-US Iraqi Kurdistan an unacceptable outcome.
