1.   He took the mug with an approving nod.

2.   Even the lady who stood on the corner handing out white feathers gave him an approving nod.

3.   In other words, an approving nod from a Bill Gates type might be worth a few million dollars worth of campaign advertising.

4.   The approving nod from Judge Thomas P. Jackson was not a surprise.

5.   Uniforms even got an approving nod from President Clinton in his State of the Union speech.

6.   With a samba and an approving nod, U.S. skating ushered in a part of its future yesterday in the dance competition.