These proposals echoed the arrangements within the Long Parliament of England, between 1640 and 1648, which could only be dissolved with the agreement of its members.

The proposal echoed a key demand made by a Congressional commission that recently criticized the bank as a feckless anachronism.

Several proposals in Schivardi's program, including the election of a new national assembly to suppress the French Fifth Republic's institutions, echo those of Daniel Gluckstein in 2002.

His proposal of marriage echoed in his ears to mock him, and he wished with all the vain hope of a fool, that he could take the words back.

The proposal echoed Mr. Baker's idea of setting up a center for conflict resolution under the auspices of all-European Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said the idea had "an undeniable antisemitic flavor", further charging that the proposal echoed the race laws under fascism in the 1930s.

The proposal echoed earlier Soviet demands to keep Germany in both alliances, an idea rejected by the West.

The Borough President's proposals echoed initiatives the Mayor himself had announced, trying to head off attacks by opponents about his record on education.

The proposals echo calls for high-tech stimulus policy advanced in recent months by both Obama advisors and tech activist groups.

These proposals echoed those made earlier in the week by the French Prime Minister, Edouard Balladur.