41.   He also floated the idea of paying a bounty to citizens who shoot illegal immigrants crossing the border.

42.   He floated the idea past Richard Wiley, an English professor at UNLV, who in turn contacted a chum who runs the Mandalay Bay casino resort.

43.   He floated the idea within the company, drawing the interest of traders and other employees.

44.   He was even considering ending the trial before a vote on the final articles, an idea being floated in his caucus.

45.   Howard said he was not suggesting the formation of a review corps of superbureaucrats, an idea floated by Justice Stephen G. Breyer before he joined the Supreme Court.

46.   In other public comments, Chavez also floated the idea of organizing what he described as a South American version of the NATO military alliance.

47.   In response to the Wu case, House Speaker Newt Gingrich floated the idea over the weekend of recognizing Taiwan.

48.   In their most recent discussions with United, regulators have floated the idea that the airline might shed its hub at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.

49.   Iraq has floated similar ideas before, but the United Nations and the United States have rejected any attempts to impose conditions on the weapons inspectors.

50.   Indeed, industry executives said the company had merely floated the idea of claiming ownership of click data.