21.   Although the bombing has been going on for over a month, the House measure would have given a symbolic stamp of approval to the air war.

22.   Although Perot declined to list potential presidential candidates for his new political movement, he gave a clear stamp of approval to retired Gen. Colin Powell.

23.   Among major American religious denominations, only the Unitarian Universalists and the Reconstruction branch of Judaism officially give denominational approval to same-sex commitment ceremonies.

24.   And the FDA recently gave approval to a device that shoots insulin through the skin without a needle.

25.   Argentine stocks rose as U.S. bond yields declined and the Senate gave final approval to government plans to increase taxes.

26.   As expected, the Legislature Thursday gave final approval to a bill to allow Kansans to arm themselves with hidden weapons for lawful self-defense.

27.   As the news of the ruling broke, the Senate had just given final approval to a measure guaranteeing women the right to information on abortion clinics abroad.

28.   Biopure Corp. says it received federal regulatory approval to market oxygen-carrying blood derived from the blood of cows.

29.   Both, however, give stamps of approval to a tall man in the creative arts business.

30.   -- BioChem Pharma Inc. after it said its licensing partner, Glaxo Wellcome Plc, applied for approval to market in China a drug that treats hepatitis B.