31.   Keystone monitors recorded major delays handing off traffic from one backbone carrier to another.

32.   Major delays usually begin during the second reading, when lawmakers start to debate details of the distribution of budget funds.

33.   No major delays were reported as airlines began screening all baggage under the federal Aviation and Transportation Security Act.

34.   No major delays were reported at airports in Miami, Atlanta and Seattle.

35.   Since then, passengers have suffered from a series of strikes and work slowdowns that have canceled flights and caused major delays.

36.   That has led to major delays in processing applications and increasing numbers of Britons have started to apply in person at passport offices in hopes of a quicker response.

37.   Strikes caused major delays for air travelers across the country Sunday, while travelers prepared to face a new round of train strikes beginning Monday.

38.   The train carrying the nuclear waste containers faced no further major delays on its journey southward through Germany.

39.   U.N. officials said they expected no major delays in submitting and approving the pricing plan.

40.   French railways SNCF has meanwhile warned of disruptions due to the weather and major delays in the southwest.