81.   According to several newspapers, a tie-up between DAT and Virgin Express had cleared initial hurdles by management of both airlines.

82.   After clearing that hurdle, the negotiators on Wednesday handed over the final phase of talks to their ministers, to complete the landmark treaty.

83.   Ballroom dancing, rugby and surfing have cleared another hurdle in their bid to become Olympic sports.

84.   Attaining NATO membership requires states to clear major hurdles, including peacefully resolving the kinds of internal ethnic clashes that led to conflict in Yugoslavia.

85.   Attempts to create a U.N.-assisted tribunal in Cambodia to try Khmer Rouge leaders cleared another hurdle Wednesday, with lawmakers specifying life imprisonment as the heaviest penalty.

86.   Both national television networks said the DVU would fail to clear the hurdle.

87.   Each party that clears the hurdle is granted the post in formal recognition of influence.

88.   Evers conceded that the plan still has to clear legal hurdles.

89.   Evers said his team hoped to clear legal hurdles and start blood testing in the fall.

90.   Further hurdles must be cleared before the sale receives final approval.