In a pre-agricultural sedentary culture, Dr. Rosenberg said, such shortages posed a greater risk because the people had a more limited foraging and hunting range.

The Commanding General United States Constabulary is personally aware of the critical shortage of qualified commissioned financial officers, and of the serious threat this shortage poses to the operational status of this division.

Winter weather and a growing shortage of race horses have posed new threats to live racing and the tax money it generates, so the state agreed to loosen its policy on importing races for simulcast betting.

But the shortage of lentils in Queens did not pose the danger it did in poor areas of India.

The low ratings and shortage of hit programs at CBS Inc. have posed problems for advertisers dependent on reaching mass audiences increasingly drawn to videocasette recorders, cable television and other entertainment media.

A shortage of trial and appellate judges poses a "serious dilemma" for the Federal courts that is not likely to be resolved soon because of budget pressures, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist says.

Kenya expects a shortage of water to pose a problem in the coming years.

Food is in good supply in Serbia, which has bumper grain crops this year, but the shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel poses a danger to the harvest, farmers' organizations said.

The resulting shortage of labour poses a threat to the economic development of the EU Member States.

The shortage of medical supplies and equipment posed a challenge for those in charge of medical care, with the lack of soap and disinfectant being a particularly troublesome concern.