Re "Rice Admits U.S. Underestimated Hamas Strength" (front page, Jan . 30: This administration exaggerated weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, underestimated the insurgency in Iraq, ignored threats from Iran and has now underestimated the strength of Hamas.
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France and Germany flouted the pact, ignoring threats of swingeing fines.
Even Argentina has joined in, ignoring threats of reprisals to nationalise a Spanish-owned oil company, YPF (see article).
The second desk is notionally (laughably) for admin - letters, dealing with requests, ignoring threats and so on.
If the airline prevails, as seems likely, its customer-service agents will have further cause to ignore threats from litigious customers.
Consumed with his inner spiritual quest, he ignores threats from the outlying regions of his kingdom and is overthrown by the avenging priests.
But environmental groups and neighbors tried to block it, saying the city was ignoring threats to the health of people living nearby.
Ignoring threats of retaliation, the United Nations Security Council ordered new economic sanctions against North Korea on Thursday for its third nuclear test last month, unanimously approving a resolution that the United States negotiated with China, the North's greatest protector.
Improvements to the structure of taxation and spending matter as much as the short-term deficits.Second, there is an equally big risk of ignoring threats to economies' potential growth and of missing the opportunity for growth-enhancing microeconomic reforms.
