61.   The delay Thursday meant that the second round was unlikely to be completed until Saturday, prior to the start of the third round.

62.   The delay means the conference probably will be postponed until early next year.

63.   The fog delay meant that the first round was unlikely to be completed Thursday and would be finished Friday, with the second round to follow.

64.   The hour-long delay also meant poorer visibility as shadow crept over the mountainside.

65.   The rain delay meant several matches finished under floodlights and others were postponed to Wednesday.

66.   The village was completed four months ago, but the delay meant residents could not move in until now.

67.   Van den Broek said donors should try to reassure Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia that the delay did not mean a declining commitment to help rebuild the region.

68.   A diplomat said the delay did not mean Washington necessarily objected to the decision.

69.   But she said bureaucratic delays meant her efforts had come to nought.

70.   But only hours earlier European Commission President Jacques Santer was warning that any delay could mean putting the project off for a generation.