21.   American security experts feared that even prestigious Russian nuclear scientists and technicians could be lured away to hostile nations as their salaries were cut or delayed for months.

22.   American Home Products shares were delayed for trading at the opening of U.S. markets.

23.   An auction of spectrum licenses to small businesses for personal communications services has been delayed for the third time following a decision by a federal court in Cincinnati.

24.   An unfinished mosque in Hotan, China, delayed for years because of ploitical tension between the government and local Uighur Muslims.

25.   And burial of the Swissair remains could have been delayed for years.

26.   And on Winnipesaukee, the Great Rotary Ice Fishing Derby had to be delayed for two weeks because ice conditions were so uncertain.

27.   And the list was the subject of incessant revision, delaying for hours the meeting of the full Council.

28.   Anne Ritchie and other tired passengers waiting out a two-hour delay for a flight to New York.

29.   Another suicide bomber from the same group killed three civilians Wednesday in a Jerusalem shopping district, prompting Israel to delay for a day delicate truce negotiations.

30.   As for luxury purchases, he expected many people to delay them for at least a month.