21.   Columbus has plans for a new arena, pending voter approval next month.

22.   Expressions -- the name is pending legal approval -- is designed by Judi Jordan, an American living in Paris, and will be manufactured in France.

23.   Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York recently agreed to cover state employees, pending approval from the unions.

24.   Ground-breaking is pending the approval of a license, which Hoang said should the partners should receive by the end of September.

25.   He said the move was part of a plan to introduce a new formulation called Fortovase, pending FDA approval.

26.   It is undergoing clinical tests pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

27.   It was all pending league approval, which was expected to come at some point early this morning.

28.   Kasper is expected to hire two assistants, pending approval of upper management.

29.   Like about a half-dozen other artists, Haacke was asked simply to submit a proposal for what he would do, pending approval by the curators.

30.   Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already expressed support for the project, pending necessary approvals.