He does delay issuing the Emancipation Proclamation for some six months until his act can be seen as one not of desperation, but of strength.

Over a period of nine months the judge delayed issuing a decision.

Stewart twice delayed issuing a civil order until Brodnicki had an opportunity to respond.

The judge heard initial arguments on November 10, but delayed issuing a decision until further hearings could be held.

Mr. Gore also asked the Bush Administration to delay issuing the company a permit for trial burning until the investigation was completed.

The appeals court overturned the district court's grant of habeas corpus, but delayed issuing its opinion until the Supreme Court could review the case.

Hitler nevertheless delayed issuing the order until it became clear that Britain would not countenance a peace treaty following the conquest of Poland.

He and other Amgen executives say that the patent office delayed issuing the patents in part because of years of challenges from Amgen's competitors.

Mr. Collins said the Ethiopian Minister first tried to persuade the donor countries to delay issuing the appeal.

But the appeals court delayed issuing the opinion to await the Supreme Court's decision in the case, Payne v. Tennessee, which was then scheduled for decision.