If the budget is recommended for approval it will be formally passed at a full council meeting on 20 February.

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That allowed Mr. Liang to review documents as they passed through the FDA approval process.

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Rowe Price, Alliance Bernstein, and Federated Investors have passed the hurdle of ETF approval from the SEC.

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The House proposal has at least passed the first hurdle, approval by its financial-services committee, but the Senate's is not even a draft bill yet.

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Apple passed these apps through the iTunes approval process, what are they thinking?

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This could be passed by the general assembly without prior approval from the security council.

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Murray received a huge roar of approval when he raced up to the net and passed Nadal to make the Spaniard serve out his victory.

BBC: Brutal Nadal sweeps aside Murray

The bill already has passed the House, and with expected state Senate approval, Indiana would become the 22nd state to pass what has become known as a Tim Tebow law.

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But if a second war-enabling resolution were passed, with French (as well as British) approval, Germany, which has no veto, might well vote in favour.

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The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12 margin, following a House vote of approval in January.

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