41.   Chan apologized Wednesday after legislators in a separate report on the airport fiasco singled her out as contributing to the mess by not delaying the opening.

42.   Disputes between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over security had delayed the opening for more than two years.

43.   Disputes over funding, and a delay in the completion of the airport railway, delayed the opening by about a year.

44.   Disputes over security arrangements had delayed the opening for more than two years.

45.   Disputes over funding, and a delay in the completion of the airport railway delayed the opening by about a year.

46.   Earlier Tuesday, the committee reported that ballots arrived late in remote villages or were sent to the wrong towns, delaying the opening of polls.

47.   El Convento was scheduled to open Christmas Day, but hotel officials said Friday that the grand opening has been delayed until at least January.

48.   Greece is delaying the opening of new crossing points to Bulgaria.

49.   Heavy rains delayed the opening of hundreds of polls, but election officials reported no major problems.

50.   In Colorado, daises were blooming on Aspen Mountain in November and several major resorts delayed their openings.