The House of Representatives, under pressure from American farmers, tentatively approved limited sales of food and medicines to Cuba , the first for 40 years.

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When both the FAA and the DOT announced in late August that ValuJet was tentatively approved to resume operations, they agreed that the airline had taken those corrective measures.

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The company said that the Department of Defense authorized the purchase of six F-35A aircraft for the Air Force and tentatively approved the purchase of six F-35B aircraft for the Marine Corps.

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In August 2000, Zelnorm was tentatively approved.

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