In fact, what began as a formal interview book proposal, which Singer accepted in September 1976, didn't appear in book form until Doubleday published it in 1985.
As leaked and then discussed by Mr. Hartz in interviews, the proposals are advertised as being able to cut unemployment by half in three years and the cost of unemployment benefits by two-thirds.
José Miguel Insulza, the organization's secretary general, said in an interview that the proposal to lift the 1962 provision was not aimed at immediately readmitting Cuba.
Mr. Kazantsev said in a television interview that the proposal had arrived without conditions and that he expected discussions to be held in Moscow in 10 days.
On Friday, Kenneth H. Bacon, president of Refugees International, a Washington-based policy group, reacted to Mr. Darkin's offer, saying in a telephone interview: "The Russian proposal shows a willingness to share some of the burden.
Richard S. Lefrak, president of the Lefrak Organization, which owns the Gateway Plaza complex in Battery Park City, said in an interview that the proposal was "a very smart idea to get the area repopulated".
Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the food and drug agency, said in a telephone interview that the proposal to stop feeding cattle products to other animals and back to cattle went much further than previously announced proposals and would automatically remove remaining loopholes in animal feed safety.
Now, Professor Khong said in an interview, Ball's proposal may itself be a good analogy for the current situation in Iraq, where President Bush has increased troop levels in a test of the military's ability to pacify the country.
Mr. Hicks has announced that he will sell his stake in the project if doing so would clear the political opposition, but he quickly conceded in an interview that this proposal was, itself, little more than an attempt "to frame public debate about the issues".
Tami Catania, a spokeswoman for the commission, said in an interview that the proposal was drawn up after studying the chase policies of departments in 20 other cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Boston and Salt Lake City, most of which already restrict or prohibit chases in cases where serious crimes have not been committed.
