41.   The lawmakers adopted a proposal that would ease limits on contributions to the less-wealthy candidate.

42.   The Massachusetts Board of Education wants the Legislature to adopt a proposal forbidding students from staying in bilingual classes longer than three years.

43.   The panel will adopt the proposal tomorrow at its general meeting and present it to the ministry.

44.   The regents are then expected to adopt a proposal requiring most students to take one year of a foreign language or pass a proficiency test to graduate.

45.   The service is expected to make a decision on adopting the proposal later this year.

46.   The Senior Legislature adopted her proposal unanimously, and now Zitch is trying to persuade a local legislator to incorporate it into a bill.

47.   Two thought his proposal should be adopted eventually, but not now.

48.   Union officials said they adopted the proposals after surveying union members and the public.

49.   Under SEC rules, shareholders can only recommend that the company adopt their proposals.

50.   Whatever proposals are adopted or discarded, controversy is bound to continue in international figure skating.