In fact, the publication of the inside account of the administration's intentionally ignoring caution may even lend strength to the views of Colin Powell: the secret administration is not so secret anymore.
For years, Wall Street analysts routinely ignored cautions from Microsoft's management about the company's valuation and about potential profit problems, and were vindicated as the price continued to rise.
Ignoring a caution from the shopkeeper who offers him the skin, the protagonist greedily surrounds himself with wealth, only to find himself miserable and decrepit at the story's end.
Less heartening is that numerous scholars years ago predicted the same negative outcomes that Dr. Ravitch's advocacy helped to bring about, and that she ignored their cautions.
Some Jews ignore their cautions, which explains why Yom Kippur is one of the busiest days of the year for Hatzolah, the volunteer ambulance corps located in many Jewish communities; too many elderly or sick people try imprudently to fast.
But whether because the reviewers were not rigorous enough, or because Science's editors ignored their cautions, the result was a publication that leading experts felt had not been sufficiently scrutinized.
But should Obama ignore that caution and appease Hillary fans by putting her on the ticket?
"If Mr. Noda ignores our caution," Mr. Kawauchi added, "Mr. Noda can expect support for his administration to wane".
Minister Polak ignored the caution of nine independent scientists and awarded the toxics permit on the basis of the only proponent, Active Earth.
Why did Wolfowitz ignore this caution six years later, in making the case for the invasion of Iraq? "I think Paul thought that Iraq, as the most secular of the Middle Eastern countries, had the best chance of establishing a democracy," Fred Iklé said.
