71.   Agency officials today said they would treat the abortion pill the same as any other new drug, and would not predict when it might receive approval.

72.   After submitting substantial clinical data, the group received conditional approval from the FDA in September that the pill was safe and effective.

73.   All military death sentences must receive presidential approval before they can be carried out.

74.   Alaska could begin the proposed service as soon as it receives government approval, which is expected later this year.

75.   AlliedSignal Inc., the only company to receive FAA approval so far for such a device, would be the chief beneficiary of the FAA action.

76.   Although analysts said that they expect that the merger ultimately will receive regulatory approval, it was clear Monday that approval is still not certain.

77.   Allegra received FDA approval last July and hit the market in August.

78.   British Steel said it received approval for the purchase from the U.S. Justice Department, which conducted an antitrust review.

79.   Burger King officials say the Israeli franchisee, Rikamor Ltd., deceived them when it sought and received approval to open a restaurant in Maale Adumim.

80.   But an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital Center, Keith Krasinski, is likely to soon receive state approval to introduce rapid testing at the hospital.