21.   But he pointed out that the Food and Drug Administration continued to approve the sale of Nix for killing head lice.

22.   But the sale must be approved by other major-league owners.

23.   California approved the sales as part of a restructuring of its utility industry more than a year ago, to make power companies more competitive in a deregulated market.

24.   California is the first state to approve such sales to allow its utilities to prepare for competition in the power industry.

25.   California is the first state to approve sales of such bonds.

26.   Cardoen has acknowledged selling arms to Iraq, but maintains that he cannot be charged in an American courtroom because the United States secretly approved the sales.

27.   City and state officials said Thursday that with the association under a cloud, the Legislature might be more willing to approve a sale to another bidder.

28.   Compaq shareholders approve sale to Hewlett-Packard Co.

29.   Congress already had approved the sale in a spending bill the week before.

30.   Congress delayed approving its sale, and the base price was revised at least three times by agency managing the sale.