1.   Black lawmakers in Mississippi blasted the proposal as a return to the days of lynchings dressed up as crime prevention.

2.   A group of environmentalists blasts GOP proposals to cut sustainable energy programs.

3.   Domenici blasted the proposal.

4.   Human rights advocates, meanwhile, blasted the proposal.

5.   Perot has blasted the proposal as fiscally irresponsible, which explains why Clinton is anxious to have Perot participate in the presidential debates.

6.   Republicans blasted the proposal, which Richman introduced through testimony from James DeLong, a University of California economics professor and statistics expert.

7.   Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, has blasted the proposal, saying it would favor wealthy families.

8.   Then, companies blasted the proposal, claiming that having to expense stock option costs would be so detrimental to American business as to make it uncompetitive.

9.   Treasury Department officials, however, have blasted the proposal, saying it would undermine their ability to administer the U.S. revenue code.

10.   Palestinian Finance Minister Mohammed Nashashibi blasted the proposal as a threat to the peace process.