At length he restored the balance of good sense, and the proposal was dropped.

The proposal narrowly passed the Senate last year but was dropped from the budget resolution.

Last year, a similar proposal was dropped after students took over buildings and marched by the thousands.

A similar proposal touched off a furor in 1995 and was dropped.

The proposal was officially dropped from planning documents on June 1, 1994.

After trials were conducted the proposal was dropped as being 'a step too far from the professional image of the force'.

But in the heated debate leading to the bill's passage, other proposals were dropped.

This proposal was dropped due to strong objections from the remaining Jewish community.

The proposal was dropped shortly after it received more than 250,000 complaints from the public.

But the proposal was opposed by the coal mining industry and dropped.