31.   The House gave tentative approval to the plan, and is expected to give its final approval today.

32.   The Food and Drug Administration gave Ivax, a generic drug maker, tentative approval last month to sell generic Taxol.

33.   The Napa Valley Wine Train has been given tentative approval to increase its number of daily runs despite some objection.

34.   This month Athena also received tentative FDA approval to market the drug Zanaflex, discovered by Sandoz for treating spastic muscles resulting from multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries.

35.   U.S. District Judge Charles Brieant in White Plains, New York, gave the tentative approval today.

36.   VNV officially gave it tentative approval yesterday.

37.   A federal judge for the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia gave tentative approval of the settlement on Thursday.

38.   After months of debate, parliament on Wednesday gave tentative approval to a bill determining how Ukrainians would vote for a new legislature in elections scheduled for next March.

39.   Also Wednesday, the Duma gave tentative approval to a law sought by the IMF that would essentially tax luxury vehicles, levying a fee according to engine size.

40.   Business leaders signaled their tentative approval of the alliance.