21.   Such delays cause no more than minor inconvenience in transmitting written text, but delays in spoken communication make conversation frustrating and even unintelligible.

22.   The analyst said he worries about the problem surfacing so shortly after production and delivery delays caused first-quarter earnings to fall short of expectations.

23.   The delay will cause public immunization drives to be held later than normal.

24.   The delays can cause other problems, however.

25.   The delay caused frustration and suspicion.

26.   The delays caused IBM to more or less miss an entire product generation and sales cycle.

27.   The delay also caused people to worry about reliability and provided ammunition for groups opposed to the current approach.

28.   The delay is causing anxiety for some advocates and prompting extraordinary measures by others.

29.   The delays caused severe damage to many structures that had not been strengthened.

30.   The delays have caused grumbling among the Mac community, but Wall Street has learned to take software delays in stride.