31.   California Assembly Member Rod Pacheco, who sponsored the bill, originally considered weight limits for textbooks themselves, but that idea was dropped after lobbying by publishers.

32.   Columbia dropped the idea, but Ms. Davis did not.

33.   Delta then dropped the idea.

34.   Cuomo eventually dropped the idea, and made peace with the union, which praised him for his graciousness.

35.   Democrats initially threatened to boycott the hearing but later dropped the idea as Hyde expressed a willingness to accommodate them.

36.   Eventually Universal dropped the idea.

37.   Evander Holyfield has failed to get medical clearance to resume his pro boxing career but apparently has not completely dropped the idea of pursuing a comeback.

38.   George Bush dropped the idea of imposing what he called a flexible freeze in government spending.

39.   Goodlette dropped that idea after the Senate and Gov. Bush made it clear they were not interested in a plan that might be perceived as packing the court.

40.   He dropped the idea after the NAACP objected.