Most settlement proposals are approved by the commission, its officials say.

Er which I don't think would make the focus for a new settlement proposal.

According to the settlement proposal, the plaintiffs would have 30 days to accept its terms.

Last week's federal settlement proposal also had no clear enforcement mechanism, several officials said.

Or simply those local planning authorities within the county area with whom which the new settlement proposal lay.

The Philadelphia players were scheduled to meet last night to discuss a settlement proposal.

The settlement proposal calls for the state to provide $300 million to the Yonkers school district over the next five years.

The settlement proposal is unlikely to be enacted by Congress without substantial changes, if at all.

The strikers rejected a settlement proposal after 20 hours of talks.

By June 1996, the differing groups reconciled, looking for industry settlement proposals.

For other parties interested in the discussions, the settlement proposal seemed to offer much to their liking.

Microsoft's settlement proposals, a person close to the talks said, must "effectively address every issue raised by the government."

In the end, it appears that the prospect of a settlement proposal from the special board put pressure on both sides to reach an agreement.

Ms. Pitts said she was stunned by the settlement proposal.

Such state lawsuits can proceed while Congress considers the tobacco settlement proposal.

Under the settlement proposal, companies would face large fines if youth smoking rates failed to drop.

None of the state or federal officials involved with the suit would discuss the settlement proposal, and Microsoft declined to comment.

Still, some industry groups that had strongly objected to the original settlement proposal were pleased by the new petition.

"We are prepared to evaluate a settlement proposal if it does not include punitive damages," the official said.

The deal came a few days before an emergency board appointed last month by President Bush was scheduled to issue a settlement proposal.

The union had promised to be neutral about the panel's settlement proposal, but many of its leaders ended up urging members to vote it down.

At that meeting, union members decided to reject a management settlement proposal and strike at midnight.

The parties have faulted each other for failing to respond to settlement proposals throughout the litigation.

The judge plans to reconvene the lawyers in the case at 10 A.M. today to further consider the settlement proposal.

In interviews today, some officials said they thought Microsoft's settlement proposal, offered last Friday, was simply inadequate on its face.