61.   The council gave preliminary approval unanimously last week.

62.   The city has already granted preliminary approvals for use of the parcels as residential and office space.

63.   The designs received preliminary approval last month.

64.   The Federal Trade Commission this week gave Western preliminary approval to buy Westinghouse Security Systems, a unit of Westinghouse Electric Corp.

65.   The court will then decide whether to give it preliminary approval.

66.   The ethics committee has given preliminary approval to the loan.

67.   The government had also hoped to begin exporting fresh meat to the United States this year, having won preliminary approval last year to expand beyond canned beef there.

68.   The House gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill designed to curb fraud by dentists who serve children with government-paid health insurance.

69.   The FTC gave its preliminary approval to a proposal for American Home to sell the rights to Schering-Plough Corp.

70.   The House on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would start a prescription drug program for the elderly poor, although funding is uncertain.