11.   The European Union gave its seal of approval Friday to the merger between American banking giants, Chemical Banking Corp. and Chase Manhattan Corp.

12.   TRUSTe, an organization that gives its seal to Web sites that meet its privacy principles, blew the whistle on Toysmart in June.

13.   Official sources said later the foreign ministers of the five countries in the group would meet early next month to give their seal of approval to the revised blueprint.

14.   Parents also gave their seal of approval, with one mother, Zhao Yunqiu, highlighting the concerns she had had over her teenage daughter attending a mixed school.

15.   Other top politicians have given the seal of approval to France, said The Times.