An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art.

Nelson expressed his disgust on his website, referring to Wolf as a " Gory Jackal ", and threatened to sue him.

Hagelin threatened to sue the organizers of the National Issues Convention, a forum on social issues held in January 1996, if he was not allowed to participate along with the Republican and Democratic candidates.

Trinny and Susannah threatened to sue the comic after being portrayed as school bullies in a cartoon strip ( Fat and Skinny: Suzanna and Trinny ).

Intellectual property entrepreneur Leo Stoller threatened to sue the owners of StealThisEmail. com on the basis that, when read as stealthisemail. com, it infringed on claimed ( but invalid ) trademark rights to the word " stealth ".

This case followed past instances in which McDonald's threatened to sue more than fifty organisations for libel, including Channel 4 television and several major publications.

Richard Stallman claims that the University of Washington threatened to sue the Free Software Foundation for distributing the modified Pine program, resulting in the development of MANA ceasing and no versions being released.

His strong awareness for the importance of names in the creation of a public image showed itself again during his presidential run when he threatened to sue NBC news for calling him a " television evangelist ", which later became " televangelist ", at a time when Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker were objects of scandal.

In July 2011, Howard Swint of Charleston, West Virginia threatened to sue the city of Marlborough in an attempt to obtain the bell for Harpers Ferry.

Subway threatened to sue ; consequently, in February 2011, Casey's General Stores Inc. filed a petition in a U. S. District Court in Des Moines, seeking a legal declaration that the word " footlong " does not violate Subway's rights.

Discussions ultimately ended, however, after the Sun-Times threatened to sue for violating Mariotti's noncompete agreement, which was to run until August 2009.

Meanwhile, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clydes producer and star, complained to Warner Brothers that if the company was willing to go to so much trouble for Reflections in a Golden Eye ( they had changed the coloration scheme at considerable expense ), which was getting poor reviews, their neglect of his film, which was getting excellent press, suggested a conflict of interest ; he threatened to sue the company.

These actions reached their nadir when the company threatened to sue individuals supplying game material on Internet sites.

Following disastrous test screenings in January 1932 ( one woman threatened to sue MGM, claiming the film had caused her to suffer a miscarriage ), the studio cut the picture down from its original 90-minute running time to just over an hour.

Paramount threatened to sue Bakshi if he did not complete the film.

Initially, Ensign Ralph ( changed to " Frank " in the book ) Pulver threatened to sue Heggen for using his actual name.

After Anka threatened to sue for credit and a share of royalties, the administrators of Jackson's estate granted Anka 50 % of the copyright.

A further expense was added when G. M. Young's biography of Stanley Baldwin was published in 1952 ; both Winston Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook threatened to sue if certain passages were not removed or amended.

" Stuart Reynolds, a television producer, threatened to sue Serling for the use of the name because at the time he was selling an educational film of the same name to public schools.

He further threatened to sue the paper if one was not provided.

Flack threatened to sue for libel, and some papers cancelled the strip.

Florida attorney Bernard Siegel tried to appoint a special guardian for Eve and threatened to sue Clonaid, because he was afraid that the child might be treated like a lab rat.

Kris Nelson threatened to sue the Nelson clan for her former husband's life insurance money and tried to wrest control of his estate from David Nelson, its administrator.

Upon learning of the use of his name, Goldfinger threatened to sue over the use of the name, before the matter was settled out of court.

Goldfinger threatened to sue Fleming over the use of the name and, in retaliation, Fleming threatened to add an erratum slip to the book changing the name from Goldfinger to Goldprick and explaining why ; the matter was settled out of court after the publishers, Jonathan Cape, agreed to ensure the name Auric was always used in conjunction with Goldfinger.

The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery, and many Southern leaders had threatened secession if the Republican candidate, Lincoln, won the 1860 election.

DC threatened both artist and the Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts gallery with legal action if they did not cease selling the works and demanded all remaining art, as well as any profits derived from them.

" To quell any uprising among the native inhabitants, Egyptians overheard discussing the battle were threatened with having their tongues cut out.

Canis lupus is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN, as its relatively widespread range and stable population trend mean that the species, at global level, does not meet, or nearly meet, any of the criteria for the threatened categories.

:" Mr Cotton Mather was the most active and forward of any Minister in the Country in those matters Goodwin children and Goody Glover, taking home one of the Children, and managing such intrigues with that Child, and after printing such an account of the whole, in his Memorable Provinces in 1689, as conduced much to the kindling of those Flames, that in Sir Williams time Salem Witch Trials threatened the devouring of this Country.

However, his crew, despite their previous eagerness to seize any available prize, refused to attack Culliford and threatened instead to shoot Kidd.

In May 1955 McCarthy threatened to issue subpoenas to White House personnel ; Eisenhower was furious, and issued an order as follows: " It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the Executive Branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters ... it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed.

Dewar also threatened to sack any minister or aide who briefed the media against another member of the Scottish Executive, following public rows between Jack McConnell and the Minister of Health and Community Care, Susan Deacon over the budget allocated to health.

A July 2012 assessment found that exploitation of natural resources since the 2009 coup have had dire consequences for the island's wildlife: 90 percent of lemur species were found to be threatened with extinction, the highest proportion of any mammalian group.

Further attempts to improve weapons security were implemented during 2005 with fortnightly weapon checks and making unit commanders accountable for the return of weapons, with serious action threatened for any defaults.

In March 1425 a bull was issued that threatened excommunication for any Christian slave dealers and ordered Jews to wear a " badge of infamy " to deter, in part, the buying of Christians.

This diversion was adopted without the consent of Innocent III, who threatened excommunication to any who took part in the attack.

* property 5 ( all paths from any given node to its leaf nodes contain the same number of black nodes ) is threatened only by adding a black node, repainting a red node black ( or vice versa ), or a rotation.

When Goldstein was threatened with court-martial for refusing to treat non-Jewish soldiers in the Israeli Defence Force, he declared: " I am not willing to treat any non-Jew.

In a referendum on March 16, 2003, Prince Hans-Adam, who had threatened to leave the country if he lost, won a large majority ( 64. 3 %) in favour of overhauling the constitution to effectively give him more powers than any other European monarch.

Taft's outspoken isolationism and opposition to any American involvement in the European war convinced many Republican leaders that he could not win a general election, particularly as France fell to the Nazis in May 1940 and Germany threatened Britain.

* An absolute prohibition against the following techniques therefore arises from, is understood in the context of, and is interpreted according to these texts: mock executions ; water-boarding or any other form of simulated drowning or suffocation ; sexual humiliation ; rape ; cultural or religious humiliation ; exploitation of fears, phobias or psychopathology ; induced hypothermia ; the use of psychotropic drugs or mind-altering substances ; hooding ; forced nakedness ; stress positions ; the use of dogs to threaten or intimidate ; physical assault including slapping or shaking ; exposure to extreme heat or cold ; threats of harm or death ; isolation ; sensory deprivation and over-stimulation ; sleep deprivation ; or the threatened use of any of the above techniques to an individual or to members of an individual ’ s family.

Feeling that the primatial rights of the bishop of Rome were threatened, Leo appealed to the civil power for support, and obtained from Valentinian III the famous decree of 6 June 445, which recognized the primacy of the bishop of Rome based on the merits of Peter, the dignity of the city, and the legislation of the First Council of Nicaea ; and provided for the forcible extradition by provincial governors of any bishop who refused to answer a summons to Rome.

By 1804 Haiti had won its independence, the Louisiana Territory had been sold to the United States of America, and British naval superiority threatened any potential for France to establish colonies outside Europe.

Alarmed at the Russian troops concentrating near their borders, unable to find any allies to resist Russian aggression, and short of money to fund a war, the government of Denmark threatened in late June to invade the free city of Hamburg in northern Germany to force a loan from it.

After retiring from London to live in lavish state at Greenwich, Margaret was occupied with the care of her young son and did not display any signs of overt belligerence until she believed her husband was threatened with deposition by the ambitious Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, who, to her consternation, had been appointed regent while Henry was mentally incapacitated from 1453 to 1454.

Furious, President Jackson threatened to lead an army to South Carolina and hang any man who refused to obey the law.

Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.