61.  Before the deal is closed, Fleet must also win approval from Massachusetts officials and the Federal Reserve Board.

62.  Bell Atlantic has already won approval to offer video services in Fairfax County, Va. and Dover Township, N.J.

63.  Bell Atlantic still must win approval from the Federal Communications Commission on a market-by-market basis to upgrade its cable systems to carry video signals.

64.  BellSouth has been frustrated by its inability to win approval for entering long-distance.

65.  BellSouth did win state approval in South Carolina and Louisiana, only to be rejected by the FCC.

66.  BellSouth now is required to win approval from the Federal Communications Commission to offer long-distance in its region.

67.  Bigger cable television companies would be freed from price restraints once a telephone company had won regulatory approval to offer video programming over its network.

68.  Bills had to win final approval before midnight Sunday.

69.  Bell Atlantic and Vodafone Airtouch PLC of Britain won conditional approval from the justice department Monday for their September deal to combine their United States wireless operations.

70.  Bob Krueger, loyal Democrat, is expected to win easy approval from the Republican-controlled Senate for his new job as U.S. ambassador to Botswana.