101. The Clinton administration said tonight that it still opposed the proposal. 102. The company opposed the proposal. 103. The Democrats on the panel, led by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., were unable to close ranks to oppose the proposal. 104. The Joint Chiefs now include the top officer from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy, The Defense Department vigorously opposed the proposal. 105. The leading drug companies and the United States, Japan and Switzerland oppose those proposals. 106. The move disappointed the insurance industry, which adamantly opposes proposals to make health plans liable to more lawsuits. 107. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board opposed SEC proposals to increase the data given to bond investors. 108. The National Council of Negro Women, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the Congress of National Black Churches joined the NAACP in opposing the proposals. 109. The proposal has been opposed by environmentalists and several public officials who fear a loss of city control over one of its most valuable assets. 110. The proposal is opposed by the IMF and by Wall Street investors, who call it a return to old-fashioned, state-controlled economic policies. |