31.   Any further delay gives Hussein new opportunities to pose a threat to his neighbors.

32.   Any further delay was not the answer.

33.   Any further delay is foolish.

34.   At the same time, however, they insisted that justice comes first, even if it means further delays for the Oklahoma City bomber.

35.   A further delay probably would lead Johnson to look elsewhere.

36.   A dispute between the groups working to bring the French abortion pill to American women is threatening to create further delays in making the drug, mifepristone, available.

37.   A Microsoft spokesman declined to speculate on a further delay.

38.   A result of legal challenges is likely to be further delays in ending smoggy summers in the Northeast, according to various state officials and private environmental groups.

39.   Also troubling to some is the way that the Serbian government acted Thursday in defiance of the Milosevic-appointed Constitutional Court, fearing further delays in the transfer.

40.   But a further delay is possible.