1.   It makes it harder for debtors to make offers and to delay proceedings.

2.   Also absent was Taylor, to the anger of some delegations who accused him of delaying proceedings while he strengthened his bid for the interim presidency.

3.   But his lawyers are looking for ways to delay the proceedings.

4.   But on presidential statements, the Council operates on consensus, making it easy for unhappy members to disrupt or delay proceedings.

5.   But on presidential statements, like this one, the Council operates on consensus, making it easy for unhappy members to disrupt or delay proceedings.

6.   Clinton had hoped to delay the proceeding until after he left office.

7.   If the court agrees to hear the case, the proceedings would be delayed for months.

8.   In a Florida court, Nichols delayed proceedings by denying the children were his, prosecutors said.

9.   Microsoft Corp. lost a round in court Friday, when a federal appeals panel refused to delay new proceedings in the antitrust case against the company.

10.   Other observers predicted the proceeding could be delayed because of the pending energy crisis.