Mr. Bloomberg was in Los Angeles to promote Proposition 11, a hotly debated ballot question that would require a panel of independent citizens, rather than elected officials, to periodically alter the borders of voting districts for state offices.
In our own century the Harvard-based astronomer Harlow Shapley refined and promoted this proposition;notably, in a 1920 debate, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences;on the possibility of intelligent life on other planets.
Experimental observations have promoted the proposition that the diffusion effects in 3-D and 1-D crawled along the DNA are critical in the binding process.
Near the end of that book, Dworkin mocks herself in the third person: "She is a prime example, of course, of the simple-minded demagogue who promotes the proposition that bad things are bad".
The books by Mr. Richardson, Mr. Romney and Mr. Giuliani not only emphasize process over policy but also promote the proposition that government can be run like a business, that problem-solving and managerial efficiency — rather than specific stands on issues — are the keys to leadership.
The Oregon Marijuana Initiative spent about $50,000 promoting the proposition, and collected the 87,000 signatures necessary to place it on the ballot.
It is easy to believe the seductive proposition promoted by the independent think tank British Future, who hold up the Olympian, Jessica Ennis, as the poster girl of this melting pot generation.
A reason for the change, in addition to a series of deep budget cuts in recent years, was voter approval of Proposition 30, promoted by Gov. Jerry Brown to raise taxes temporarily to avoid up to $6 billion in education cuts.
Mr. Bickle said he avoided direct involvement in partisan politics himself, but a member of his leadership group, Lou Engle, has a side group, The Call, that organized stadium revivals to promote California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.
Supporters, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, both Republicans, have been promoting the measure — Proposition 14 — as a kind of electoral panacea, saying it could encourage political moderates and increase turnout in primaries where hard-line candidates often win.
