1.   At some parks maintenance work has been postponed to avoid closings.

2.   Clarke arranged for the ceremony to be postponed to avoid embarrassing the royal visitor.

3.   Clarke asked that the ceremony, scheduled Wednesday, be postponed to avoid embarrassing Charles after a British newspaper reported that Clarke was a pedophile.

4.   It was postponed to avoid siphoning away viewers from a televised song festival which draws million of viewers every year.

5.   The motorcade had been planned Sunday but was postponed to avoid clashes with the opposition.

6.   The squabble has grown so bitter that a vote on reforming the presidency scheduled for Tuesday may be postponed to avoid embarrassing the government.

7.   There was some speculation last week the trial would be postponed to avoid seating a jury through the Christmas holidays.

8.   Some Taiwanese newspapers speculated though that the October exercises might be postpone to avoid a confrontation with China at a time of mounting tension.