71.   The package still needs formal approval by the IMF executive board, which is expected as early as Thursday.

72.   The most reputable doctors perform the surgery only in cases of extreme suffering and require stringent psychiatric exams and a series of formal approvals.

73.   The plan will be fine-tuned and resubmitted for formal approval in April.

74.   The proposed settlement, which needs formal approval by a Denver district court, requires Vail to sell Arapahoe to a viable, long-term competitor.

75.   The order was created without formal parliamentary approval by its sponsors, or any treaty.

76.   The president does not need formal congressional approval of his decision, and officials said the troops are likely to be sent before the new Congress comes into session.

77.   The rules, which would take effect after formal regulatory approval, are expected to be put in place by the other American stock markets.

78.   The way is now clear for China and Taiwan to receive formal approval for membership at a meeting of trade ministers in Doha, Qatar, in November.

79.   There are times when the need for secrecy or speed may force a president to act without formal congressional approval.

80.   The World Bank loan released Tuesday to help Russia restructure its coal industry did not require the formal approval of the United States.