1.   Yet his proposals were denounced in the provinces, delayed in the Duma and rejected outright in the State Council.

2.   At the same time, public officials, acting as corporate shills, run around the country denouncing proposals to raise the minimum wage.

3.   Advocates for the poor denounced the proposal for making it too difficult for truly needy families to stay on welfare.

4.   Algerian officials denounced the proposal as attempted interference in their internal affairs, and Algerian radio and television denounced Mitterrand on Monday.

5.   Business groups denounce the proposal as an attack on their First Amendment rights.

6.   Business groups and insurers denounced the proposal, saying it would raise insurance costs.

7.   But business organizations and insurers immediately denounced the proposal, saying it would increase health insurance costs for employers and employees.

8.   But federal officials denounced the proposal.

9.   But Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,, an architect of the legislation, denounced the proposal to give employers full immunity.

10.   But the administration scaled back its proposal after legislators, mostly Democrats from New York City, and advocates for the homeless denounced the proposal.