1.   Also, escrowing money delays the delivery of merchandise, which impatient shoppers hate.

2.   Amount of liquor consumed is unknown but we purposely delayed delivery of drinks, so he purchased duty-free scotch and started drinking from the bottle.

3.   And no deliveries have been delayed, he said.

4.   As a result, the department was forced to solicit new bids on the oil, a process that will delay its delivery to market by a month.

5.   Because of the time needed to prepare the full-length articles for transmission, it may be necessary to delay their delivery by one cycle.

6.   Because of the time needed to prepare the full-length LOSALAMOS-SCIENTIST-II for transmission, it may be necessary to delay its delivery by one cycle.

7.   A rival engine made by General Electric Co. of Connecticut meanwhile has suffered technical setbacks that delayed delivery of jets it powers.

8.   A shipping foul-up in January that delayed delivery of tax preparation software to customers.

9.   Airlines also are delaying delivery of some planes that had already been ordered.

10.   Alaska Airlines also said it is talking with Boeing about delaying delivery of eight jets.