51.   For six tumultuous years Kessler fought for the regulation of tobacco, worked to standardize nutrition labeling and took steps to speed the federal drug approval process.

52.   From the beginning, there were signs that the approval process was being rushed and that problems were on the horizon.

53.   Graham, of Wellesley, is forbidden to speak publicly during the approval process.

54.   Hackard said the FDA allowed Warner-Lambert to push the drug through approval in about six months, compared to the normal three-year approval process.

55.   He also denied that his company was making the announcement now to avoid a confrontation during the regulatory approval process.

56.   He responds vaguely when asked why he never completed the FDA approval process for the drugs.

57.   He said putting projects in commercial areas also drew less resistance from towns and made it easier to move through the approval process.

58.   He said such companies had looked at utility acquisitions but were put off by the long approval process.

59.   He promised a streamlined federal approval process for welfare overhaul experiments that have already worked in other states.

60.   If nothing else, the drawn-out approval process seemed to publicly convey an unusual amount of concern for safety by Goldin.