71.   The Ex-Im board gave preliminary approval to two China-related financing applications, Phillips said.

72.   The judge, who gave preliminary approval to the settlement in January, said it would be impractical to re-open the agreement.

73.   The judge, who previously gave preliminary approval to the settlement, said it would be impractical to re-open the agreement.

74.   The legislation given preliminary approval this month by the Duma was promoted by the communist-leaning Agrarian Party.

75.   The merger has received preliminary approval from University of California Regents, who were persuaded that the agreement would avert financial problems at UC-San Francisco.

76.   The judge, who has given the settlement his preliminary approval, will further scrutinize its fairness in a hearing next month.

77.   The measure won preliminary approval.

78.   The parliament had already scheduled votes on preliminary approval for a series of measures calling for new elections.

79.   The Senate rejected that version and instead gave preliminary approval to a measure that would abolish all new common law marriages.

80.   The Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would forbid the execution of murderers who are mentally retarded.