He was deposed partially because he entered negotiations to end the 1990 lockout and prodded management to remove its ill-fated pay-for-performance proposal from the table in order to dislodge stalled talks.

An ill-fated proposal existed to move the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to Burlington as part of a stadium construction plan in conjunction with a bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games.

The city lost its Olympic bid, which included the ill-fated proposal for combining a stadium for the Olympics and the Jets with an expanded convention center on the West Side.

The low-profile Bechtel Group has found itself in the limelight in recent weeks because of its role in an ill-fated proposal to build an oil pipeline through Iraq and Jordan.

He found fault with President Clinton's ill-fated proposal to overhaul health care, once describing aspects of it as "perverse socialism."

Mr. Morris said the ill-fated proposal by the Bush Administration, "added to the turmoil and increased customer concern.

One wonders if he would have supported this Administration's ill-fated proposal to grant tax-exempt status for educational institutions that practice racial segregation and discrimination.

The lack of debate about gasoline prices in Europe is instructive at a time when American politicians are scrambling to soothe their angry constituents with ill-fated proposals like a $100 rebate for motorists.

Mr. Gore's plan was modest compared with President Clinton's ill-fated proposal for universal coverage.

The way Fay Vincent, the last commissioner, did when he entered the negotiations in 1990 and kick-started talks by canning the owners' ill-fated pay-for-performance proposal.