The state, anti-capitalist though it was, also posed a threat.

For the Bush administration, however, the states and cities where the ports are located may pose an equal challenge.

More than ever, we know that weak states, like Afghanistan, can pose a great danger to the peace of the world.

It isn't probable, moreover, that a Palestinian state would pose a credible military threat to Israel.

He said states with dangerous weapons, coupled with the proliferation of terrorism, posed the biggest threat to the 21st century.

This disconnect between the essential nature of its people and its reputation as a state poses a marketing challenge.

Fragile states pose a significant, yet distinct, development challenge.

Those states, he said, pose "a grave danger to the civilized world and will be confronted."

Individual states sometimes posed a mandate for a license but it wasn't a Federal cause until 1917.

There are some cases in which the poor state of aging facilities poses an opportunity to rethink the way city services are organized.