11.   Welcome back to the UCLA Invitational, and thanks for all your patience during our decade and a half of nagging scheduling difficulties.

12.   Because of scheduling difficulties, the Sabres were forced to paint the Stanley Cup logos in the neutral zone early.

13.   He cited a lack of sufficient housing for athletes and scheduling difficulties as major obstacles.

14.   The biathlon race took place a day early because of scheduling difficulties.

15.   The Chinese Embassy here said the trip was postponed because of scheduling difficulties.

16.   The delay was believed to have been caused by pilot scheduling difficulties, he added.

17.   A face-to-face meeting between Kubo and Barshefsky was unlikely due to scheduling difficulties on both sides, the official said.

18.   Mubarak declined an invitation to visit the United States in June, citing scheduling difficulties.

19.   Scheduling difficulties were said earlier to have been responsible for a delay of several hours in establishing the latest telephone link between Major and Bruton.