41.   Like most German companies, Volkswagen had prior approval from shareholders to sell new shares.

42.   Menem also wants authority to modify the tax system without getting prior approval from parliament.

43.   Other drugs such as amphetamines and growth hormone also require prior approval, she notes.

44.   Prosecutors, acting under the authority of grand jury investigations, may issue subpoenas without prior approval of a judge.

45.   Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas complained that the administration had not sought prior congressional approval for American participation in a bombing campaign of Serbia.

46.   Singson said he would recommend the removal of a rule requiring local companies to get prior approval from the central bank before borrowing external funds.

47.   Some critics said they were most troubled by the fact that the policy permits officials to monitor communications without getting prior approval from a judge.

48.   Such policies have been controversial, and the pharmaceutical industry has sued states that have required prior approval for drugs.

49.   The agency also sought to require ambulette companies to get prior approval when they took patients to medical facilities outside a five-mile radius of their neighborhood.

50.   The idea that Shaw and Georgia Frontiere could have cut this deal without the prior approval of their NFL colleagues defies comprehension.