41.   The failure to win unanimous approval Friday ended a nearly two-year effort on the part of the Basin Association.

42.   The final master plan requires unanimous approval.

43.   The legislation has already won unanimous Senate approval, with strong backing from Chief Judge Judith Kaye.

44.   The rules of the disarmament conference, a permanent committee of the United Nations that is based in Geneva, require unanimous approval.

45.   The Senate gave rare unanimous approval Tuesday to a health insurance bill that still faces a rocky road in a House-Senate conference committee.

46.   The takeover contract requires unanimous approval by the three-member control board.

47.   The trustees of the medical centers are to meet tomorrow afternoon to vote on a merger agreement, with representatives from both sides saying they expect unanimous approval.

48.   The unanimous approval requirement gives local companies -- which are almost always state-owned -- a veto over important decisions.

49.   The vote, which followed unanimous approval last week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, came after six hours of scripted debate on the Senate floor.

50.   The vote, which followed unanimous approval last week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, came after more than five hours of scripted debate on the Senate floor.