21.   He has obtained state approval to start a foreign-owned venture to turn out helmets and other safety products in factories near Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

22.   He privately discussed similar findings with Thomas M. Fraker, the author of the unpublished Iowa evaluation, which is awaiting state approval.

23.   If their students are failing to get through their apprenticeship periods, state approval of the schools could be canceled.

24.   In January, Gov. Christie Whitman trumpeted Long Branch as a model for fast-track state approval of local development.

25.   In June, Nemaha Valley Community got state approval to participate.

26.   In Illinois, two electric companies won state approval last month to open their service areas to competition.

27.   In those states, however, movers must register their rates with the state and cannot exceed the registered rate without state approval.

28.   Insurers must obtain state approval to withdraw, which can take several years.

29.   Now, with state approval, the hospital asks every patient to sign a form authorizing solicitations.

30.   Officials for the Adult Day Health Care Council, the statewide industry group, say that the expansion of shifts always required state approval.