1.   If those difficulties could be smoothed out, he continued, would Stark and his top brass approve the deal?

2.   On Friday, the insurance commissioner also approved the deal, but only if Harvard met eight additional conditions.

3.   Shareholders of Raytheon and Texas Instruments must approve the deal.

4.   The Board of Supervisors eventually approved the deal on the provision that United undertake a good-faith review of the law.

5.   The school board approved the deal Monday night.

6.   The Bank of England and the Department of Trade and Industry have already approved the deal which ends more than two years of uncertainty about the ownership of Ansbacher.

7.   Also, although Allen has taken charge of the team, National Football League still must approve deal.

8.   Analysts say that argument will be the key to regulators ultimately approving the deal.

9.   And if the MCI Worldcom-Sprint deal is approved, four dominant long distance carriers will be reduced to two.

10.   And other officials said the tone of the letters made it clear to them that McCain wanted the deal approved, even if he did not say so explicitly.