51.   The PUC approval was the last regulatory hurdle for the deal first proposed last April.

52.   The state PUC is the last hurdle facing SBC in its bid to acquire Pacific Telesis.

53.   Their last hurdle is deciding whether to finance their bill by raising non-income taxes, by cutting non-health programs, or by dropping some provisions from their bill.

54.   Wary customers are only the last hurdle.

55.   Winning approval from the Surf Board, as the agency is called, was the last federal hurdle for CSX and Norfolk Southern.

56.   Ahern and Blair expressed frustration that the Northern Irish parties could not over come the last hurdles to a political solution to the conflict.

57.   An agreement Wednesday to legislate the shape of local governments, rather than have the structure written into the constitution, was the last major hurdle.

58.   Canada also has approved it, leaving the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as the last hurdle.

59.   Coming through late, Jarrett floated past the American at the last hurdle for an encouraging win.

60.   FTC approval is the last major hurdle to the joining of Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy into a single new firm called Novartis.