Experts tend to agree that having delayed reconstruction with a flap provides the best results.

The war-time emergency forced Congress to delay reconstruction, but renovation of the chamber began in 1949.

One of the trucks was transporting new trusses for a demolished bridge; the blast delayed reconstruction by three months.

The Korean War had been enormously costly to China, especially coming on the heels of the civil war, and it delayed postwar reconstruction.

Others must delay reconstruction for six to nine months.

A shortage of funds, state and private, delayed reconstruction of Moscow by at least five years.

And those women who delay or avoid reconstruction can choose a breast prosthesis.

Given the squabbles that have repeatedly delayed reconstruction at ground zero, such projections are likely to be treated with skepticism.

The dispute, which has the potential of delaying reconstruction of the highway for years, is typical of the political, environmental, bureaucratic and legal challenges that often inhibit major developments in New York City.

Officials had worried that the insurance dispute might drag on for years, eating up millions of dollars in lawyers' fees and potentially delaying reconstruction.