61.   Debbi Karpowicz, company spokeswoman, said the Washington-based National Coalition for the Homeless seemed excited when the idea was first proposed several weeks ago.

62.   Every time he proposes an idea, he complains, Al Gore suggests the same thing.

63.   GOP lawmakers have proposed ideas such as subsidizing premiums or giving tax credits to low-income retirees who buy private insurance.

64.   Gore first proposed the idea, but Republicans in the House objected.

65.   He added he had already proposed the idea, called social capitalism, to the privatisation committee by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi.

66.   He said the department proposed the idea to the committee after being approached by the TAT.

67.   He said the idea was proposed by his team of academics, who came up with the proposal for him to pass on to the Democrat economic ministers.

68.   He says that when the idea was first proposed some years ago, it was rejected by both government and the press.

69.   Iraq also proposed ideas for reconciliation with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

70.   Mexican governors proposed the idea, which was praised by New Mexico Gov. Gary E. Johnson.