The President of Iran warned the U.S. in unusually dismissive terms that it was up to Washington to improve relations.

But he warned in unusually direct terms that if the talks failed, Yugoslavia might be drawn into the conflict.

And they warned, in apocalyptic terms, that President Clinton and his party were about to subject the nation to all manner of horrors.

Hakamada denied her involvement in passing any specific threats, and said that she warned Politkovskaya only in general terms more than a year ago.

He then warned them in vulgar terms: "Gentlemen, this time there will be no betrayal, because whoever betrays now is scum."

In preparation, he said, he had warned certain neighbors, in raw terms, to butt out.

More, she chided Mrs. Lasch for trying to "appeal to the media" and warned her in strong terms against inviting a mistrial by impermissible questions.

The Government has warned in general terms that the global positioning rollover poses "serious hazards."

Covenant had warned her in the simplest and most honest terms, You don't know what's going on here.

The man who does, Mr. Pataki, returned to Manhattan yesterday and warned the union against striking in far tougher terms.