51.   TCPL also said it filed with Canadian regulators for preliminary approval of two other smaller lines that are part of its planned pipeline running from Alberta to New York.

52.   Swiss President Jean-Pascal Delamuraz said Winterthur Insurance obtained preliminary approval to sell insurance in China, the first European company to do so.

53.   Texas law would expressly prohibit police officers from stopping motorists based solely on their race under a bill given preliminary approval Monday by the House.

54.   That month, the firm won preliminary approval from state regulators for Madison to raise badly needed capital by selling preferred stock.

55.   That settlement received preliminary approval by a state court judge in Alabama.

56.   That budget received preliminary approval from the Parliament last week after Yeltsin made his first-ever appearance there.

57.   The agreement received preliminary approval from a California federal court in Los Angeles.

58.   The agreement received preliminary approval this month by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan.

59.   The companies originally proposed the settlement in August and in November both sides gave it preliminary approval.

60.   The corporation gave preliminary approval to the program of grants for housing assistance to residents below Canal Street.