But he added that while he approved of the antitechnology principles of Theodore J. Kaczynski, the Unabomber, he condemned the taking of human life.
At prime minister's questions, David Cameron says the Co-op bank was "driven to the wall" by Mr Flowers, while he approved millions of pounds worth of "soft loans" to the Labour Party.
He had other reasons for turning the job down, of course, and while he approved of the bank's culture, it wasn't quite for him.
While he approves of the project's scale -- a $300 million ice palace bordered by McCarter Highway and Market, Broad and Lafayette Streets -- Mr. Berson, ever the strategist, still worries about its ultimate effect.
(Grip?) And while he approves of the way "gay marriage" became "same-sex marriage" in public debate, he does not note that the real rhetorical clincher, in the US, was "marriage equality" – itself just as much a brilliant enthymeme, or piece of Unspeak, as "death panel".
He assured them that while he was approved by the president and is spending BP's money, "I am not beholden to the Obama administration, I am not beholden to BP — I am an independent administrator, calling the shots as I see them".
And while he ultimately did approve the HSBC deal, he insisted on supervising its implementation, and receiving quarterly reports on its progress.
While he does not approve of them generally, he condones violence against Israeli settlers living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, regarding them as occupying forces.
Mr. Malamud said that while he did not approve of Mr. Swartz's actions at M.I.T., "access to knowledge and access to justice have become all about access to money, and Aaron tried to change that.
While he doesn't approve of rap's sometimes violent and pornographic imagery, he declares that "rappers are producing the most complex, inventive rhyme schemes of anyone in pop music today".
But the vote has put José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's left-wing prime minister, in a bind: while he can hardly approve a measure which, on the face of it, clears the way for possible Catalan independence, his government depends on support from leftist Catalan nationalists.
