51.   Trimble ignored telephoned pleas from Blair, Ahern and President Clinton to form the power-sharing government first and walk away if the IRA failed to deliver.

52.   Players have been bemused at this suggestion even as the spectators have ignored the plea to stay away from the pitches.

53.   Police Commissioner Howard Safir said the Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that some officers ignored pleas for help.

54.   Also, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered defeat when his party ignored his pleas and voted overwhelmingly to oppose Palestinian statehood.

55.   And Singapore is currently in a diplomatic row with the Philippines after it ignored pleas for a delay and hanged a Filipino maid convicted of murder.

56.   ASEAN leaders ignored the plea and voted to admit Burma this July.

57.   As an opposition leader, Hasina often demanded punishment of the coup leaders, but her pleas were ignored.

58.   At the end of the rally, about half the participants ignored pleas from their leaders to disperse quietly and stormed into a few Muslim-owned homes nearby.

59.   British Prime Minister Tony Blair once again ignored pleas by animal-rights advocates to skip the traditional Palio horse race here.

60.   But headstrong voters ignored the pleas, and narrowly defeated the accord.