1.   A day of frantic appeals by his lawyers to various courts wound down to nearly an hour delay from the scheduled execution.

2.   During that hour delay, seven United airliners departed their gates, forcing the FAA to scramble to divert two jetliners to Chicago, where passengers were re-screened.

3.   First a leak in one of the compartments forced nearly an hour delay.

4.   It was exactly two years ago that Agassi gave a nauseous Pete Sampras an hour delay.

5.   The most amazing sight was that in spite of an almost hour delay in the traffic jam, nobody seemed to get excited.

6.   After an hour delay, West Indies Captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bat.

7.   But after a downpour caused a hour delay, Graf regrouped and won the second set easily.

8.   But after a downpour caused a hour delay, Graf regrouped and lashing a forehand passing shot down the line on her first match point.

9.   The mission was tense at the start when a faulty hatch cost them more than an hour delay until it was fixed.

10.   The race resumed with almost an hour delay, after all the car wrecks and debris were removed from the track.