But the Communist candidate, Nikolai Kharitonov, did better than expected, winning some 14%.See articleA threatening stand-off developed in Georgia, as the newly elected president, Mikhail Saakashvili, tried to assert control over the breakaway region of Ajaria.
"She's still just dead meat lying on the sofa, just threatening to stand up and steal the show".
Now Greece needs another rescue, default is nearer and the Germans and Dutch, threatening to stand in the way, want private creditors to contribute right away.
The party is threatening to stand on its own in future elections, an option that would look more realistic if the ANC were to split.India's two Communist parties are more powerful and more contradictory.
Trump reacted to his defeat by practically threatening to stand aside and do nothing to address the shortcomings of the law, like rising premiums and declining choices of insurers in some states.
Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., has avoided arrest under the state's Stand Your Ground law, which allows a person who feels threatened to "stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force".
George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Martin, has so far avoided arrest under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which allows an individual who feels threatened to "stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force".
One MP, David Howarth, threatened to stand down and force a byelection for his Cambridge seat if the party reversed course.
He also threatened to stand down from his role as Tibet's leading advocate if the violence spreads.He is 72.
Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed.
Goldsmith is a former editor of environmental magazine the Ecologist and has threatened to stand down as MP over Heathrow expansion.
