21.   Likewise, Republicans ignored evidence to the contrary and depicted all Democrats as liberal spendthrifts who would expand government, raise taxes and make the deficit balloon.

22.   Many have criticized the military for ignoring evidence of ties between members of the armed forces and white supremacist and other extremist groups.

23.   Martin said a monitor was needed because top Con Ed executives willfully ignored evidence that asbestos, which in large doses can cause cancer, was released.

24.   Moreover, he said criminal investigators had willfully ignored evidence that the women were unstable or had a motive to lie.

25.   Niaz Dorry, a fisheries campaigner for Greenpeace, said the government has ignored evidence of overfishing in the North Pacific because of pressure from fishing interests.

26.   Olsen said San Francisco police ignored evidence and dragged their feet on the case detailed in his book, resulting in interdepartmental charges.

27.   Now comes the British film, which claims Washington directed investigators to ignore evidence pointing to Syria and Iran and to concoct instead a Libyan connection.

28.   Other taxpayers told of IRS agents who wrongly seized bank accounts, fabricated evidence, ignored exonerating evidence and refused to acknowledge payments.

29.   Police said elderly victims often ignore hard evidence.

30.   Prosecutor Jack McGinnis said the jurors ignored the evidence because they were unable to believe such an upsetting experience could happen to teen-age boys.