But Anne continues to berate Henry for his infidelities, which elicits not-so-veiled threats from him in return.

Shion, on the other hand, is FORCED to go to ZKK-101 as its engineer under a not-so-veiled threat from the state.

It served them simultaneously as a place to put potential troublemakers safely out of the way and a not-so-veiled threat to keep other troublemakers in line back home.

Mr. Primakov even issued a not-so-veiled threat to throw Mr. Berezovsky in jail.

"Is this some kind of not-so-veiled threat?"

In the Volkswagen negotiations, however, Germany's long tradition of worker-management consensus prevailed over the union's protests and the company's not-so-veiled threats of job cuts.

Elliott, who had few back problems last season, also said that in 1993 he received not-so-veiled threats from coaches that if the back problems continued, he would be cut.

He prayed the not-so-veiled threats he had made against the baron would keep the man in line until the wedding.

We're seeing landlords, suppliers and even plumbers facing veiled threats and not-so-veiled threats.

This time, however, he added a not-so-veiled threat that personnel changes could be in the making.