31.   This delay comes as little surprise to Mrs. Kohashi and her brother.

32.   When the delay came, it was the whole difference.

33.   But then came another delay.

34.   Further delays came when court police removed Hammami and his companions on two separate occasions from the courtroom.

35.   That delay came about because the Bulls swept Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals, while the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland went six games in the West.

36.   The delay came the same day that American and Russian officials acknowledged that a U.S. military attache had been expelled from Moscow.

37.   The Cabinet delay came as signs of civil unrest cropped up once again in this Pacific nation.

38.   The delay came hours after North Korea threatened retaliation for what it claimed were incursions into its territorial waters by South Korea.

39.   The delay comes after critics, including President Thomas Klestil, criticized the merger, saying it would mean that the country had sold out its hydropower resources.

40.   The delay came as no surprise to the seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Endeavour.