1.   Already, local authorities in Tomsk have forced a delay.

2.   And three days before federal officials were to arrest the men, one of them hopped a plane to Switzerland, forcing a delay.

3.   As drilling in the Gulf has increased, the supply of rigs has tightened, forcing delays in some development projects.

4.   A band of electrically charged clouds forced a delay on Thursday night in the planned launching of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station.

5.   Additional delays in its launch from Central Asia would force delays in the last two shuttle flights of the year.

6.   But Caltrans director James van Loben Sels said that the current technology had to be developed first, and that forced the delays.

7.   But a chance of showers or cloudy skies could force a delay, forecasters said.

8.   But high winter waves may force a delay until spring.

9.   But last week, software glitches forced passenger delays.

10.   Five previous tests failed, forcing five delays in electronic trading, said Swiss Stock Exchange spokesman Hans Schurter.