21.   Fried said he understood the grant had received preliminary approval from the U.S. government.

22.   He gave preliminary approval in July.

23.   He said the two sides will file a joint motion with the court today asking for preliminary approval of the settlement.

24.   Hearings for preliminary approvals of settlements are normally perfunctory in even the most complex cases.

25.   Immediately after the Knesset stripped him of his immunity, a proposed bill received preliminary approval.

26.   In addition, nine other Mexican banks have received preliminary approval to trade futures and options contracts.

27.   In Colombia, stocks rose for a sixth day after Congress gave preliminary approval for a law that would lift a ban on extraditing drug traffickers to the U.S.

28.   In November, the federal government gave preliminary approval to that proposal.

29.   In November, Kaplan gave preliminary approval to the settlement.

30.   In February, the EPA gave Florida preliminary approval to remove the emissions testing program from its clean air plan.