But he held out little hope that Republican leaders would heed his call, and appeared delighted to have a slow-moving target at which to aim his fire.

But South Africa's leaders, vowing not to let their nation become the West's sweatshop, heeded the demands of politically powerful labor unions for new protections and benefits.

Russia's leaders must heed their wishes and refrain from going too far.

If Chinese leaders heed his advice, they can help move U.S.-Chinese relations past today's tensions.

Some leaders outside the community did not heed this government requirement.

President Jiang Zemin and other top leaders are apparently heeding the warnings of some provincial leaders that rising crime, rebellion and warlordism will be the consequence of not addressing huge disparities.

There is still no guarantee that the union's leaders will heed the European Commission's recommendations when they meet in December.

Perhaps it is time the Republican leaders heeded the advice of one of their own.

Whatever one may think about the role of rating agencies in this crisis, it is clear that not a single European leader has heeded the S&P motivation for their downgrade.

European Jewish leaders heeded Nordau's philosophy.