Here, then, is what Swift would have called a modest proposal by way of a beginning.

A House committee which heard his local option proposal is expected to give it a favorable report, although the resolution faces hard sledding later.

When the shouting ended, the bill passed, 114 to 4, sending it to the Senate, where a similar proposal is being sponsored by Sen. George Parkhouse of Dallas.

`` This is a very modest proposal cut to meet absolutely essential needs '', he said, `` and with sufficient ' deductible ' requirements to discourage any malingering or unnecessary overcrowding of our hospitals.

The administration has said the sales tax proposal is merely part of the segregation strategy, since the revenues from the increase would be dedicated to a grant in aid program.

It is a proposal that justice now be served by means other than those that have ever preconditioned the search for it, or preconditioned more positive means for attaining it, in the past.

In English writing, the phrase " a modest proposal " is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire.

While Swift ’ s proposal is obviously not a serious economic proposal, George Wittkowsky, author of " Swift ’ s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet ", argues that to understand the piece fully, it is important to understand the economics of Swift ’ s time.

If the assembly broke the law, the only thing that might happen is that it would punish those who had made the proposal that it had agreed to.

The shift in Aalto's design approach from classicism to modernism is epitomised by the Viipuri Library ( 1927 – 35 ), which went through a transformation from an originally classical competition entry proposal to the completed high-modernist building.

His Esquisse d ' un programme ( 1984 ) is a proposal for a position at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, which he held from 1984 to his retirement in 1988.

There is a proposal to develop some of the roads running from the SW to the NE to create an all-weather road named the Outback Highway, crossing the continent diagonally from Laverton, Western Australia ( north of Kalgoorlie, through the Northern Territory to Winton, in Queensland.

* Vasconic substratum hypothesis: This proposal, by the German linguist Theo Vennemann, claims that there is enough toponymical evidence to conclude that Basque is the only survivor of a larger family that once extended throughout most of Europe, and has also left its mark in modern Indo-European languages spoken in Europe.

The see of York was elevated to an archbishopric in 735, and it is likely that Bede and Ecgbert discussed the proposal for the elevation during his visit.

In Jonah 1: 6, the Masoretic Text ( MT ) reads, "... perhaps God will pay heed to us ...." Targum Jonah translates this passage as: "... perhaps there will be mercy from the Lord upon us ...." The captain's proposal is no longer an attempt to change the divine will ; it is an attempt to appeal to divine mercy.

A consumer proposal is a negotiated settlement between a debtor and their creditors.

Once the proposal is accepted by both the creditors and the Court, the debtor makes the payments to the Proposal Administrator each month ( or as otherwise stipulated in their proposal ), and the general creditors are prevented from taking any further legal or collection action.

If the proposal is rejected, the debtor is returned to his prior insolvent state and may have no alternative but to declare personal bankruptcy.

Tension between the two countries intensified during the American invasion, even though Sudan fiercely opposed the proposal.

He strongly opposed the abolition of slavery in the United States and Lincoln's proposal to extend voting rights to recently emancipated slaves.

At the same time, he opposed the Adams-Clay plans for internal improvements and declined to support the proposal for a Panama Congress.

Having settled on the Panama route, the US opposed this proposal.

While Bennett supported the Conservatives, he opposed Prime Minister Robert Borden's proposal for a Union Government that would include both Conservatives and Liberals, fearing that this would ultimately hurt the Conservative Party.

Tension between the two countries intensified during the American invasion, even though Sudan fiercely opposed the proposal.

The electress was eager to move to London, but the proposal was denied, as such action would mortally offend Anne who was strongly opposed to a rival court in her kingdom.

Gladstone also opposed Chancellor Sir William Harcourt's proposal to implement a graduated death duty.

However, a clean elections initiative in California was defeated by a wide margin at the November 2006 election, with just 25. 7 % in favor, 74. 3 % opposed, and in 2008 Alaska voters rejected a clean elections proposal by a two to one margin.

This was as opposed to the Keating – Kefauver proposal, which did not provide for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President prior to the next presidential election or itself provide a process for determining presidential disability.

The entire officer corps opposed Röhm's proposal, insisting that honour and discipline would vanish if the SA gained control.

Nonconformists opposed the proposal to fund church schools as part of the national educational system through the rates.

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Thomson Ritchie, influenced by economists such as Sir William Ashley, was vigorously opposed to any scheme of Imperial Preference but although he made his opinions known, the Cabinet was generally favourable towards Chamberlain's proposal when it was considered on 21 October.

The vast majority of Picards were opposed to this proposal and it was scrapped in 2010 ( see newspaper: " Courrier Picard ").

The Post editorial positions on foreign policy and economic issues have seen a definitively conservative bent: it steadfastly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, warmed to President George W. Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security, opposed a deadline for U. S. withdrawal from the Iraq War, and advocated free trade agreements, including CAFTA.

While his proposal gained popular support, provincial leaders opposed the potential limits on their powers.

The Ski area proposal is based on a new, sustainable business model focused on terrain, snow, and the community as opposed to large real estate ventures.

Boniface hoped to make himself quite independent of the empire, to do no homage for his kingdom, and he opposed Baldwin's proposal to march to Thessalonica.

Pelosi strongly opposed the plan, saying there was no crisis, and as minority leader she imposed intense party discipline on her caucus, leading them to near-unanimous opposition to Bush's proposal, and subsequent defeat of the proposed plan.

The Council rejected these terms, with Robert opposed to a proposal that threatened his right of succession.

Both sides opposed the other's proposal, and both bills were defeated.

A year later, when the common law courts were each gaining a judge, he repeated his proposal, but the bill was strongly opposed by judges who maintained that the court backlog did not justify the additional expense of a fourth judge.

Because woofies would have had access to the Federal Reserve discount window and payments service, critics ( including the Independent Bankers Association of America and Paul Volcker ) opposed woofies ( and a similar 1996 proposal by Representative James A. Leach ) for providing unfair competition to banks.

Those opposed to Ahtisaari's settlement proposal, which involved an internationally monitored independence for Kosovo, sought to discredit him.