21.   Problems, especially in making the software compatible with thousands of existing programs and hardware devices, delayed the launch until now.

22.   A fleeting cooling-system problem delayed the launch by one minute.

23.   An Ariane missile put a U.S. satellite into orbit Saturday night, one day after the launch was delayed by a technical glitch.

24.   As for Gloss.com, the company plans to delay the launch until this fall, instead of this spring.

25.   Bad weather once again threatened to delay the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and keep the crew of the international space station in orbit even longer.

26.   But the launch was delayed several times, mostly because of demands by UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi for a special, constitutional role.

27.   Chien said the company had not decided how long they would delay the launch of the new product.

28.   Cloudy skies and technical problems have delayed the launch.

29.   De Silguy dismissed a legal challenge to the euro lodged Monday at the German Constitutional Court by four professors seeking to delay the launch of the single currency.

30.   Elsewhere in the EU, others have made fruitless pleas to delay the launch of the euro, a project that has been driven by France and Germany.