Much stress was placed on the possibility of protests and ensuing violence.

This trial is ongoing and the possibility of protests following the verdict remains.

In a statement, Jackson criticized the plan for lacking specificity and left open the possibility of protest actions.

When the venue for the summit was changed from Chicago, a White House spokesman said security and the possibility of protests were not factors in the decision.

Tri-Star executives deny that the film's themes are biased against lesbians, but they are plainly anxious about the possibility of protests outside movie theaters.

They talked of the possibility of protests or recounts in races for Congress and speculated that the presidential contest might end in a 269-269 tie in the Electoral College.

"When a minority of the population speaks out, that's democracy," Luiz Dulci, one of the president's closest advisers, said before the event when asked about the possibility of protests.

At the last minute, however, Beijing postponed the visit indefinitely; according to an official quoted by AFP, the delay had to do with security concerns, specifically the "possibility of protests from Tibetan exiles."

DeLuxe's president, Donald Meske, is negotiating with First Eastern Bank in Pennsylvania, which has financed other projects for his company, but there, too, the possibility of protests in the city is causing trouble.

But the changes have satisfied neither the Zapatistas nor some of the most important figures on the political left, and this has increased the possibility of protests or more serious unrest if the governing party retains its 65-year hold on power.

During the sentencing, the FBI sent out a press release to the local media warning about the possibility of protests being carried out by members of the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front.