91.   McMullan said he discussed the proposed comprehensive ban on nuclear testing with the U.S. deputy secretary of state, Strobe Talbot.

92.   Michael Suen, policy coordinator for the government-in-waiting, singled out a proposed ban on political groups having links with foreigners or taking their donations.

93.   Nevada lawmakers and other gambling supporters criticized the proposed ban as misguided.

94.   Nevada lawmakers and other gambling supporters wasted little time in criticizing the proposed ban as misguided.

95.   North Korea denounced the United States on Friday for seeking an exemption from a proposed worldwide ban to keep antipersonnel land mines in the Korean Peninsula.

96.   On the agenda were a proposed ban on using the armed forces inside Russia without legislative approval and a motion to block war funding.

97.   On Tuesday, Senate advocates defeated a proposed ban on lawsuits against employers, prevailing over Republican predictions that businesses would cancel insurance rather than risk legal liability.

98.   Rose noted that changing social mores -- from the demise of cockfighting to the present-day proposed ban on fox hunting -- could drive pubs to rename themselves.

99.   Pro-hunting forces have put their own measure on the ballot, a proposed constitutional ban on any future ballot measures dealing with wildlife.

100.   Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said her initial reaction was to support the proposed ban.