61.   The Democratic alternative raised the ante by protecting Medicare, not just Social Security.

62.   The president said he would sign a less costly Democratic alternative geared toward the handful of farms and small businesses that are hurt most by the estate tax.

63.   The outcome was the reverse on the Democratic alternative.

64.   The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee approved a sweeping impeachment inquiry in a party-line vote on Monday, after first brushing aside two Democratic alternatives.

65.   The Senate this week begins consideration of a revised Dole welfare plan somewhere between the Gramm bill and a Democratic alternative.

66.   The Zimmer campaign says Holt did so without enough gusto, evidenced by the fact that he voted also for several Democratic alternatives that were considerably less ambitious.

67.   They do not plan a vote on the Democratic alternative of censure.

68.   New Delhi says the turnout in the parliamentary elections and a decline in militancy proved most Kashmiris were tired of violence and wanted a democratic alternative.

69.   New Delhi says the turnout in the parliamentary elections and a decline in militancy proved that the mass of Kashmiris were tired of violence and wanted a democratic alternative.