His concerns were focused instead on the implicit threat he had just heard.
A senior British official called the implicit threat a "policy of terror warfare."
But the timing of the deal itself includes one implicit threat.
There would be an implicit threat of military action if Iraq refused.
There was also a threat implicit in the gangster gesture.
You need the structure, the system, the implicit threat that becomes a fact of life.
For any other judges who follow, the implicit threat is clear.
The implicit threat sent a tremor through the heart of this country's most sensitive industry.
The implicit threat behind those words was not lost on Chalsee.
"The implicit threat is that if they don't come to an agreement, the company would dissolve."