81.   When the idea was first proposed, it proved highly controversial as some former national team players criticized the move as excessive.

82.   When French officials proposed the idea a few years ago, Kohl shot it down.

83.   Yingphan proposed the idea last week.

84.   He first proposed the idea of a two-day conference in London last week at the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Ulster Conference, which resumed in Dublin on Wednesday.

85.   Argentine President Carlos Menem proposed the idea two years ago, and won the endorsement of the UN General Assembly last year.

86.   Bush proposed the idea Saturday in an initial phone call to Sharon, followed up by a letter from Secretary of State Colin Powell.

87.   The scheme would be partly funded by Americans of Indian origin who had proposed the idea, Dungarpur said.

88.   Israeli state radio said Finance Minister Sylvan Shalom proposed the idea but it was not put to a vote.

89.   Saxe-Coburg said he first proposed the idea of a union during talks with Romanian President Ion Iliescu on Saturday.

90.   Spring first proposed the idea of a two-day conference in London last week at the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Ulster Conference, which resumed in Dublin on Wednesday.