91.   Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a sharp defeat when his party ignored his pleas and voted overwhelmingly to oppose Palestinian statehood.

92.   Martina Hingis testified Monday that she is frightened by an accused stalker who repeatedly has ignored her pleas to leave her alone.

93.   Once again, British Prime Minister Tony Blair ignored pleas by advocates for animals to skip the medieval Palio horse race in this Tuscan town.

94.   President Clinton banned new investment in Burma by U.S. companies last week, accusing its ruling generals of ignoring pleas to allow greater democracy and cease persecuting dissidents.

95.   Police officers watched as Sealy spent the next two hours scaling the cables and ignoring their pleas to come down.

96.   Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday ignored pleas from Olympics organizers to silence a former sports minister who wants the Games abolished following a bribery scandal.

97.   Refugees ignored pleas to go to other towns, afraid that they also might fall.

98.   Refugees ignored pleas by authorities to go to other towns, panicked that they also might fall.

99.   Safir said an internal investigation into the allegations that some officers ignored pleas for help is ongoing.

100.   Several officers there have been accused of ignoring pleas for help from women who were either stripped, groped or robbed by a roving band of young men.