41.   Republican leaders postponed any decision on the session Monday, perhaps waiting to see what happened in the courts.

42.   Secondly, leaders are likely to postpone a decision on how to prevent EU nations excluded from the money merger from devaluing their currencies.

43.   Scientists also said that a decision should be postponed so that a schedule could be geared to scientific rather than political milestones.

44.   Some investors were happy that the government has postponed its decision on raising official oil prices.

45.   Sumitomo Bank and Daiwa Bank decided to postpone a decision on their possible merger until later this year.

46.   Still, some difficult decisions have been postponed.

47.   The board could also postpone a decision until the court in the Netherlands, where Gucci is incorporated, meets on Monday.

48.   The budget negotiators decided to postpone a decision by creating a commission to recommend what to do.

49.   The Clinton administration has considered this proposal, but recently postponed any decision for at least five years.

50.   The decision was postponed to allow more time to analyze the bids, the government said.