Michigan Democrats today dropped their threat to pre-empt the New Hampshire primary next year.

Khrushchev dropped his threat to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany before year's end.

After she instructed the lawyer David Allen Green to defend the threatened action, MigrationWatch dropped its threat.

Embarrassed by the wide press coverage that followed, President Banzer told his minister to drop his threat.

The announcement prompted Connecticut's attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, to drop his threat to fight the merger.

But a new generation of competitors to Cliffs doesn't bother with such disclaimers, and even the new, revised Cliffs have dropped their bold threat.

In return for the concessions, Pan Am said it would drop its threat to sell assets, including its Latin American routes.

Last month, after Mr. Hornbeck promised to restore the programs once money from the state came through, Judge Smith dropped her threat.

The European Union is poised to drop its threat of rapid retaliation against United States tariffs on imported steel imposed in the spring, senior officials said today.

A pledge by Japan to open its construction market has led the Administration to drop its threat to impose trade sanctions.