1.   Last month, the agency gave Lilly a preliminary approval to Market it for bulimia.

2.   Preliminary Senate approval had already been given in August.

3.   Amid criticism that the city is declaring war on the poor and homeless, a divided Los Angeles City Council gave preliminary approval to a law criminalizing aggressive panhandling.

4.   An endorsement, which is not guaranteed and which depends in part on any comments the agency receives, usually follows preliminary approval.

5.   And today, SmithKline Beecham Plc won preliminary approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Tevetan heart drug, another challenge to Cozaar.

6.   Atlas, a joint venture between France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom AG, received preliminary EU approval to set up a diluted form of their alliance.

7.   A county judge gave preliminary approval to the settlement this week.

8.   A consortium including Microsoft, Compaq and Intel has won preliminary approval of its technical standard for the high-speed transmission of Internet data over phone lines.

9.   A troubled state agency that promotes affordable housing would be on probation for two years under legislation given preliminary approval Wednesday by the House.

10.   After the state Senate overcame a filibuster to pass an anti-bias bill on Tuesday, the House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to the measure.