The opening date was pushed to July 12, but delays in rolling stock production further stalled it to August.

As bureaucratic delays stalled the project time and again, Mr. Feingold sketched out possible alternatives.

Mr. Hermann, after six years, is starting to feel frustrated as endless delays and appeals stall his attempt to get at the nonprofit club's ledgers, membership lists and art inventories.

Opponents hope delay will stall the city's drive to close Fresh Kills, and force a policy re-evaluation.

The delay in forming a new government in Iraq has stalled important projects at ministries and is sowing confusion among current government workers about their duties, senior Iraqi officials say.

However, delays with applications stalled the progress of the project.

For Mr. Clinton, the delay has stalled billions of dollars in disaster relief to states like California and held up emergency aid for the Oklahoma City bombing.

McAlmont was well received by those critics who reviewed it, but the delay (and the loss of the Thieves brand name) had already stalled its momentum.

Originally planned for the spring of 1998, unforeseen delays stalled the project until early 2001.