On Friday, after Mr. Bloomberg challenged him to come up with a better proposal, Mr. Pataki came up with a compromise: he proposed having the city stretch out the payments over 10 years, instead of 30 years, and said that the state would pick up the payments.
Howell also proposed having 29 debates.
Mr. Paulson proposed having the government buy the assets directly.
Microsoft also proposed having Yahoo sell its Asian assets.
Some countries even proposed having virtual or shared embassies.
Authorities have also proposed having independent auditors oversee the process.
Rong Rong, of Three Shadows, has proposed having it travel it around China.
To get around that, Boeing proposed having the Air Force simply lease the aircraft without a purchase option.
His aides had proposed having only one 90-minute commission debate, and two 60-minute ones on television news programs.
They proposed having Mr. Abbas visit members of Israel's Parliament to make his case directly to them.
In a letter to Ms. Worthy, the mayor's defense team proposed having a neutral party assess the offer.
