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	A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
		It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms.
		I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.
		I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance.
	www.online-literature.com /swift/947 (1346 words)

	A Modest Proposal - MSN Encarta
		I could devote some of this column space to Corey's proposal, he could send the link his girlfriend in an e-mail, and the rest would be history.
		Like the Encart-o-matic proposal, turning to history for inspiration turned out to be a terrible idea, at least judged by modern romantic standards.
		Though proposals specifically are not widely discussed, it's clear that the events leading up to marriage have changed considerably throughout the course of human history.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/Features/Columns/?article=AModestProposal (1621 words)

	A modest proposal - Op-ed: A Modest Proposal for China's Renminbi
		AB 1430 IS A MODEST PROPOSAL THAT SHOULD BE PASSED.
		A modest proposal: Circuit City CEO could be re-hired at a lower
		A modest proposal: Circuit City CEO could be re-hired at a lower salary?
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	A modest proposal - A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift. Read it now for Free! (Homepage)
		A modest proposal - A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift.
		"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift - Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
		Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is generally considered to be the most famous satirical essay in the English language.
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	A Modest Proposal for Saving Our Schools
		I also propose setting aside $3 billion to pay an additional 30,000 school bureaucrats $100,000-per-year (roughly the population of Monterey) with the proviso that they stay away from the classroom and pay their own hotel bills at conferences.
		This leaves a mere $6,937 per student, which, for the duration of the funding crisis, I propose devoting to the classroom.
		I propose hiring only associate professors from the California State University at their level of pay.
	republican.sen.ca.gov /web/mcclintock/article_print.asp?PID=292 (685 words)

	1729 Satire in "A Modest Proposal" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Written in 1729, Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" continues to be a notable and renowned piece of literature studied in classrooms worldwide.
		He directs his proposal to the upper class of Ireland, who become his "objects." So he is attacking man as a whole, while also attacking the stupidity and foolishness of the politics of Ireland.
		Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is a very satirical piece of literature that many different critics have analyzed and contrived a wide variety of opinions on.
	www.albany.edu /~bret/critical_tools/210_fall_2000/archives/timelines/lib1/1729_Satire_in_A_Modest_Proposal.html (1034 words)

	A Modest Proposal
		A Modest Proposal (1729) is a classic satire written by Jonathan Swift - the full title is A modest Proposal for preventing the Children of Poor People from being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for making them Beneficial to the Publick.
		The proposal in question was for the poor to sell their children to be slaughtered for meat, thereby bringing in valuable income for the family.
		The satirical intent of A Modest Proposal was misunderstood by many of Swift's peers, and he was harshly criticized for writing prose in such exceptionally "bad taste."
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/a_/a_modest_proposal.html (153 words)

	A Modest Proposal
		A MODEST PROPOSAL for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public.
		It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms.
		I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
	grungezombie.net /read/a_modest_proposal.htm (1152 words)

	A modest proposal - A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
		A modest proposal - A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
		The modest proposal is for the US to encourage Iran to invade Iraq, providing the Granted, the modest proposal that Iran liberate Iraq is insane.
		Modest Proposal (225) Jack Thompson is not Jonathan Swift — not nearly as clever.
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	Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal
		The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed.
		I can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged, that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the Kingdom.
		For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, the flesh being of too tender a consistence, to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country, which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it.
	www.uoregon.edu /~rbear/modest.html (1336 words)

	Modest Marriage Proposal Idea By Best Marriage Proposals
		Another modest and poetic idea for a marriage proposal is to sing her a love song: if you enjoying singing, playing music and this is one of your talents or hobbies you can play the guitar and sing her a love song.
		The idea of a modest marriage proposal doesn’t mean it can't be romantic, charming and lovely.
		This is the basis for the idea of creating a modest yet unforgettable marriage proposal.
	www.best-marriage-proposals.com /idea-modest-proposal.asp (397 words)

	A Modest Proposal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Everyone is thinking that Swift is being sarcatsic and that his "modest proposal" is anything but modest; but that's because we're bringing our moral standards to the table when we read it.
		The idea behind a "Modest Proposal" may be anything but modest, yet he chose this title to emphasize the extent of the indifference and denial of the English in accepting their part in the overwhelming poverty in Ireland.
		She has concurred that although the proposal seems anything but modest to the readert, it is quite modest to the English.
	www.albany.edu /~bret/critical_tools/210_fall_2000/annotator/swift/1_A_Modest_Proposal.html (339 words)

	A Modest Proposal - Definition, explanation
		A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public (1729) is a classic satire written by Jonathan Swift.
		His proposal is to fatten up the undernourished children and feed them to Ireland's rich land-owners.
		Children of the poor could be sold into a meat market at the age of one thus combating overpopulation and unemployment, sparing families the expense of child-bearing while providing them with a little extra income, improving the culinary experience of the wealthy, and contributing to the overall economic well-being of the nation.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/a_/a_modest_proposal.php (609 words)

	Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal
		I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.
		I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
		I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~rbear/modest.html (1336 words)

	A Modest Proposal Essays
		An analysis of Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal," a satire-laden piece in which Swift addresses the terrible living conditions that existed in Ireland during the eighteenth century.
		Jonathan Swift, who is famous for his satirical writing, uses all aspects of Juvenalian satire in his essay "A Modest Proposal" to attack the way Ireland in general was run during his time.
		Jonathan Swift's "A Mest Proposal" is a satire that expresses his view of humanity.
	www.bookrags.com /essay/A_Modest_Proposal (186 words)

	Swift's ''Modest Proposal''
		Students choose an inequity in current society, research its effects and proposed solutions, and write similar shocking "proposals" which may be published online, in a school newspaper, or in a literary journal.
		The written ''proposals'' may be evaluated with the attached rubric or similar document.
		Students who have difficulty reading ''A Modest Proposal'' or noting the satiric techniques or tone may benefit from a teacher or peer-assisted reading.
	www.glc.k12.ga.us /BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?LPID=26645 (986 words)

	Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
		A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick (1729)
		It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms.
		I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.
	www.victorianweb.org /previctorian/swift/modest.html (1373 words)

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		The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed.
		I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance.
		But before something of that kind shall be advanced in contradiction to my scheme, and offering a better, I desire the author or authors will be pleased maturely to consider two points.
	18th.eserver.org /swift-modest.txt (1063 words)

	Medicare: Such a Modest Proposal
		The overlooked story about the president's proposal, however, is just how modest it really is. Only four years ago, the president defiantly declared during his State of the Union Address that he would veto any health reform legislation that failed to achieve universal coverage.
		The 1996 Kassebaum-Kennedy health insurance legislation, praised across the political spectrum as a significant guarantor of coverage, is unlikely to make much of a dent in the number of uninsured, mainly because it promises no funds to help workers purchase their prior insurance.
		The risk in doing so is that reformers will so devalue the coin of reform that Americans will come to view it as worthless, and that their incremental reforms will add up to nothing more than a pastiche of disconnected and incomplete interventions.
	www.brook.edu /views/op-ed/hacker/19980210.htm (1180 words)

	A Modest Proposal
		The name of the band, A Modest Proposal, is somewhat derived from Swift's wonderful piece of satire, but the main reason for the name was the fact that we wanted something that would sum up our ideology as a band.
		A Modest Proposal fit what we were trying to do musically.
		AMP are big fans of improvisation, and after finishing the compositional process for the music, they made the point to leave the sections of the pieces aleatoric or indeterminate.
	music.mp3lizard.com /amodestproposal (398 words)

	Noam Chomsky: A Modest Proposal
		Before elaborating on this modest proposal, it's worthwhile to examine the antecedents of Washington's bellicosity.
		The modest proposal is for the US to encourage Iran to invade Iraq, providing the Iranians with the necessary logistical and military support, from a safe distance (missiles, bombs, bases, etc).
		Granted, the modest proposal that Iran liberate Iraq is insane.
	www.counterpunch.org /chomsky1118.html (982 words)

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