51.   Al-Tikriti had been expected to leave earlier, but the Iraqi diplomats said he delayed his departure by two days to see friends in Jordan.

52.   An anonymous call warning of a bomb aboard an aircraft carrying Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to Paris delayed his departure, police said.

53.   Apparently protesting against the violence, Jordan delayed the departure of its new ambassador to Israel.

54.   Antarctic weather and technical problems with their plane have delayed their departure.

55.   But he delayed his departure because his wife was being treated for breast cancer.

56.   But his departure was delayed by bad weather, a military spokesman said Thursday.

57.   But both had to delay their departures, scheduled for Friday.

58.   But their departure was delayed.

59.   Chairman Jesse Helms of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Christopher to delay his departure and testify Thursday, but the secretary said delay was impossible.

60.   Flight schedules were disrupted as many airlines delayed departures to accommodate late-arriving passengers, local television stations reported.