61.  A constitutional amendment aimed at selecting appellate justices on merit received tentative approval but was a vote short of the four-fifths majority needed for final passage.

62.  A one-time, one-dose antibiotic to treat urinary tract infection has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

63.  A preliminary design was unveiled at a meeting of the Seattle Design Commission in October and received unanimous approval.

64.  A product can be a drug if a company tests it for safety and efficacy, receives approval from the FDA and makes the product according to federal standards.

65.  A spokesman for Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., said he planned to object again to the deal, if it received FCC approval.

66.  A source close to the negotiations said the deal was agreed upon Tuesday and received final approval from Mariner ownership that night.

67.  ABN Amro Bank NV received approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy all voting shares of ChiCorp Inc.

68.  Adoption also is considered a valuable alternative, as are step-parents, but single parents and unmarried mothers receive less approval from teens.

69.  Advanced Bionics Corp. has received approval to market its implantable hearing device to Americans who have gone deaf.

70.  After an unscheduled cabinet meeting, Major met with Queen Elizabeth II to receive her approval for the poll.