1.   Irate residents helped defeat each proposal.

2.   There are a variety of ways of defeating a proposal other than directly speaking against it.

3.   The proposal was defeated by just one vote.

4.   Also Tuesday, the Senate defeated a proposal to amend the Constitution so Congress could set spending and contribution limits on campaigns for federal office.

5.   Also, a Senate committee defeated another proposal after the company said it would not work.

6.   And his campaign against a ballot initiative on concealed weapons earned him enemies, but also got the proposal defeated at the polls.

7.   And the National Rifle Association and civil liberties groups repeatedly worked together to defeat proposals to expand federal authority for wiretapping and other surveillance.

8.   And they defeated proposals to require that schools offer two tracks of sex education.

9.   A Senate committee recently defeated a proposal by the Clinton administration to require safety locks on all newly bought handguns.

10.   Aides to Pataki, who could also defeat the proposal, expressed little enthusiasm for it.