1.   But dentists in the NorthEast said the delay had only given the profession a short breathing space.

2.   Any further delay gives Hussein new opportunities to pose a threat to his neighbors.

3.   A delay could also give them a better idea of what is acceptable to the Senate before the House conducts any politically perilous health-care votes.

4.   A delay could give the long-distance industry a chance to push for further changes, and the bill could lose momentum, analysts say.

5.   A delay in this case would give Scholastic and Rowling at least a few more months to negotiate a contract.

6.   A delay would give Fed policy makers more time to evaluate whether the economy really needed the stimulus that a rate cut would bring.

7.   Above all, any delay gives opportunities for the anti-peace lobby, Israeli and Palestinian, to organize disruptive dissent.

8.   But a delay will also give the United Nations more time to win commitments from other nations to join a peacekeeping force that would follow up an invasion.

9.   But that delay will give Microsoft extra ammunition for its current legal challenge.