1.   An artful middle ground would award approval conditional on fixing up however many flaws the FCC identifies.

2.   An FDA advisory panel recently recommended that conditional approval be given to two new nonprescription heartburn medicines.

3.   And Wednesday, exactly six months from the date of the application, the Population Council announced that it had received the letter of conditional approval.

4.   Bell Atlantic and Vodafone Airtouch PLC of Britain won conditional approval from the justice department Monday for their September deal to combine their United States wireless operations.

5.   Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch won conditional approval to combine United States wireless operations but will have to get rid of billions of dollars worth of systems.

6.   After obtaining conditional approval from U.S. regulators earlier this week, Diageo now must show shareholders that the merger will deliver growth and increase share value, analysts said.

7.   After submitting substantial clinical data, the group received conditional approval from the FDA in September that the pill was safe and effective.

8.   Companies that want to appeal typically go along with the conditional approval, merge their firms, and then ask the commission to reconsider.

9.   Conditional approval is the same type of approval granted to Invirase.

10.   Conditional approval means that the agency approves the drug for marketing, though it requires additional studies to confirm the benefits.