There are a handful of citizens who want to delay the decision until Mr. George comes back. But that would mean we won't be able to apply for Issue 2 money for Taylor Road in 2006 and, in my opinion, would delay the project by another 18 to 25 months.

There wasn't any observable scientific or procedural reason for them to first decline and then further delay the decision, ... I had to make the inference this was a decision that was made on the basis of political pressure, and it seemed to me that was unacceptable.

Microsoft's decision to delay the launch of Vista also had a negative impact on local technology stocks.

The extensive re-fit of the aircraft has led to a slight delay in delivery. However, we now have possession of the aircraft and are carrying out the final inspections. Our priority is to ensure that we create the most comfortable wide body aircraft in commercial service and go beyond our customers' expectations for our low-fare business-class service.

The decision to delay approval (of the sabbatical decision) is based on the fact that research and scholarship are central to the purpose of sabbatical leaves.

DeLay has been a lightning rod for people for the last three or four years.