1.   The only commercial whaling which may gain relatively straightforward approval under the plan next year is the Japanese hunt of minke whales in the Antarctic oceans.

2.   The need to secure approval under US competition law encouraged the company to issue the new shares in two stages.

3.   Arizona cities would be barred from establishing racial quotas in public hiring unless voters gave their approval under a sweeping anti-affirmative-action bill facing lawmakers.

4.   Carticel is the first approval under the new FDA guidelines for regulating human tissue and cell therapy products, announced in February.

5.   No one has any estimate of how many drugs may become eligible for approval under the new regulations.

6.   Such a sale is subject to shareholder approval under the rules of the Vancouver exchange.

7.   The casino plan requires legislative approval under a recent state court ruling.

8.   United said it rarely rejected requests for approval under the old system.

9.   Usually the states routinely set water quality standards for federal approval under the Clean Water Act.

10.   China promised to further speed up approvals under terms of its deal to enter the Geneva-based WTO, which sets rules for trade.