11.  Smaller companies wanted sweeping FDA overhaul to speed product approvals.

12.  Speeding up approvals for elements of infrastructure that power plants must connect to, such as gas supplies and transmission lines, is a priority for the energy commission.

13.  The bill also would speed approvals for food additives and would relax restrictions on health claims companies can make for their food products.

14.  The crisis could also speed approval of the virtual mergers of trans-Atlantic flights sought by BA and American Airlines and by Delta Air Lines and Air France.

15.  The money, used to hire hundreds of federal drug reviewers, speeds the approval of new medicines.

16.  To keep the whole scheme from unraveling, she said, McNamara made bribe payments to Aliperti to speed the approval of his real estate projects.

17.  U S West also plans to step up measures to open its local market to competition to speed its approval to offer long-distance there.

18.  Waigel and other coalition leaders had planned to meet with the SPD to negotiate a deal that would speed up approval for sweeping changes.

19.  While such a plan might speed approval, Ameritech would still need an extra construction permit, according to lawyers.

20.  Additionally, Federal Aviation Administration officials are working with other government agencies to speed up approvals.