1.   The second proposal would allow employees a limited amount of time off per year in return for working overtime.

2.   The proposals also allow government departments to make reasonable charges for providing information, including staff time and overheads.

3.   And a recent proposal would have allowed Eastern Star members from other states to move into the Texas home, Mathison said.

4.   Another proposal would allow smaller states to go first and larger ones later.

5.   Any reform proposal should allow Medicare beneficiaries to choose the type of health-care plan they prefer.

6.   Another proposal would allow athletes to make appearances on television shows, produce articles for newspapers or take part in film or stage productions.

7.   Bankers said the proposal would have allowed financing of non-farm activities, such as buying a car or financing a college education.

8.   A new Mexican proposal would allow tires to be sold with stickers translating the sidewall information into Spanish.

9.   A State Department official said the U.S. was considering a proposal to allow Iraq to sell more oil to encourage compliance with arms inspections.

10.   But despite concessions from the cigarette makers, the proposal would allow the tobacco industry to win reprieve from the gravest legal and financial threats it has ever faced.