31.   Then, the Nasdaq market would apply to the SEC for approval as a freestanding stock exchange.

32.   Arafat on Wednesday gave his required approval as president of the Palestinian Authority to a life sentence hastily given another militant.

33.   But the proposed measures appeared to stand little chance of approval as propoped.

34.   Fans of the Dave Matthews Band bobbed in synchronized approval as their unassuming icon did his noodle dance often likened to a chicken scratching at the dirt.

35.   Golf, bowling, surfing and even ballroom dancing are just some of the nearly two dozen sports seeking approval as future Olympic sports.

36.   He watched with approval as Scottish masons built the walls from newly quarried Virginia sandstone, carving decorative flourishes of rosettes and garlands.

37.   Jobless men gathered Thursday near a street corner auto repair stand nodded in approval as one resident spoke of the future under Cardenas.

38.   Of the six minor parties in the Parliament, only the Greens are rising in public approval as campaigning opens.

39.   Rod Paige, apparently on a smooth road to Senate approval as education secretary, will still have to field questions about private school vouchers.

40.   Seven members of his Cabinet won swift Senate approval as the Republicans moved in after eight years of Democratic rule.