11.   Three times, a public hearing on the measure was postponed as behind-the-scene negotiations continued.

12.   When preparing for a round of money raising, postpone as many spending decisions as possible.

13.   Yeltsin was scheduled to visit New Delhi in December, but his trip was postponed as his health deteriorated.

14.   I urge him to postpone as long as possible a military intervention.

15.   The rescue bid for French solo yachtsman Thierry Dubois was postponed as of late Wednesday due to rough seas.

16.   The vote was originally expected Wednesday but was then postponed as debate droned on into the evening hours.

17.   The trip has been repeatedly postponed as relations between the two Shiite Muslim countries have deteriorated, mostly over a dispute about oil exploration rights in the Caspian Sea.

18.   Municipal elections in Bosnia could be postponed as criticism of voter registration grows following abuses of the system, officials from the agency overseeing the ballot said Friday.