11.   The answer has long been an accrediting process that gives a stamp of approval to worthy programs and institutions and withholds it from others.

12.   The FCC is expected to give its stamp of approval later this year to a new broadcasting technology that was originally developed for high-definition television.

13.   The U.S. Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval to states that steal property from innocent people.

14.   Why, if auto recyclers are uniformly against the plan, did the Legislature give its stamp of approval?

15.   Currently, the Federal Communications Commission sets the standards and gives its stamp of approval to the equipment.

16.   First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretaryof State Madeleine Albright gave their stamp of approval at a newly restored synagogue in Shanghai.

17.   Once details of the allied plan are filled in this weekend, NATO political authorities in Brussels, Belgium, will meet to give their stamp of approval.

18.   The Supreme Court already had given its stamp of approval after rejecting dozens of appeals by Ochoa.

19.   The Supreme Court, which must give its stamp of approval to any extraditions, said it was studying the matter.

20.   The Vatican on Tuesday established diplomatic relations with Angola, giving its stamp of approval to changes in the former Marxist-ruled African country.