A group of countries led by Japan, proposed altering the dispute settlement process last week, reflecting worries that the rules' vague language is allowing countries to skirt their obligations.

He is also expected to renew his call for an overhaul of immigration law and to propose altering tax policies to help the uninsured.

Two weeks ago, the chairman of the panel that is rewriting the New York City Charter proposed radically altering the way that public and private land is governed.

When the Bush administration first proposed altering financial aid rules last year, legislators stopped the revisions from taking hold, arguing that tough economic times meant students needed more help to attend college, not less.

The unsuccessful drive by some in Congress this year to ban speaking fees did not propose altering travel rules.

The Democrats currently have no desire to point that out, but reasonable people from both parties will eventually have to come together and propose altering the most irresponsible parts of the package.

Faced with a split in his own ranks, Clinton flinched; in the end, he never proposed altering the ground rules for surveillance that had been tying up the FBI.

As early as 1881, industrialists proposed altering the natural channel of the Columbia to improve navigation.

The Governor also proposed altering the way that judges consider bail in domestic violence cases.

(In other signs of the changing environment, a panel of Republicans proposed altering the current primary system, to allow only smaller states to vote first.)