The threat of liability set off a predictable round of finger-pointing.
Within the group, the confusion between rough, homoerotic fellowship among straight men and homosexuality (or the threat of it) sets up a paranoid electric charge.
The rare closing of an entire hospital because of the threat of contamination set off a scramble by hospital officials to take care of their personnel and their patients and by F.B.I. agents and epidemiologists to track the source of the anthrax that left a hospital supply-room worker, Kathy T. Nguyen, 61, in critical condition with progressive organ failure.
Does shutting down for this kind of threat set a precedent for future threats?
With the pace on the break of Ezequiel Lavezzi and Lucas Moura, the imperious Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a point to prove, and the aerial threat of a set-piece goal, the French side looked favourites for a semi-final place.
The Infinite Comic, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, chronicles the journey of the hero Nova from outer space to Earth to warn the Avengers of an impending threat, setting up the print narrative.
But it is legitimate to hold Republicans and particularly their most virulent supporters in the media responsible for the gale of anger that has produced the vast majority of these threats, setting the nation on edge.
The Chinese foreign ministry tried to enhance its ability to predict and respond to such threats by setting up a department of external security affairs in 2004.
Sweden's scouts have identified the striker Shane Long as Ireland's dangerman while they are also wary of the threat from set pieces, where Robbie Brady, the converted left-back, can deliver with precision.
Two decades after the first Gulf War, America's legacy in Iraq, coupled with the ongoing legal and moral questions around America's drones programs and continuation of the "imminent threat" doctrine, sets a frightening precedent for the future of drone warfare around the globe.
