11.   Southwestern Bell, for instance, has employed a sagging-zone defense against potential competition by filing a plethora of lawsuits designed to delay market entry.

12.   The Federal Trade Commission and many states have accused drug companies of engaging in anti-competitive behavior to delay entry of generic drugs into the U.S. market.

13.   The Philippines and Thailand, the two most democratic members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, persuaded that organization to delay Burmese entry indefinitely.

14.   The special program, which is mostly boys, allowed Colin to delay his entry into regular school for a year without being labeled a repeater.

15.   Cambodia was to have joined the same day but its entry was delayed because of the coup.

16.   Failure could delay the entry of up to a dozen new EU members.

17.   Even when finally elected to the Hall of Fame, Thompson grumbled that maybe his politics had delayed his entry.

18.   Gilad charged that Jordanian authorities delayed the entry of the Knesset delegation for three hours at the Allenby Bridge, which links the kingdom with the West Bank.

19.   Harpel said a lengthy panel review of visa applications could delay entry into the country and prevent people from enrolling at the beginning of a school term.

20.   His security officers made excuses to delay his entry into a palace guest house for several minutes.