Officials of the conference said Mr. Jackson turned down an invitation, citing scheduling difficulties.

The most common reasons for declining the test were no perceived risk, administrative scheduling difficulties, history of previous testing, and lack of provider endorsement.

The magazine had scheduling difficulties, with various "Next Issue" announcements proving unreliable.

Connie Mack quickly announced that scheduling difficulties would prevent any more Sunday games in 1926.

Mrs. Hamilton conceded that in the conversation she had "expressed personal concern" that apart from the scheduling difficulties, "Miss Allison's work would not be appropriate for all audiences, especially children."

Roman Popadiuk, the White House deputy press secretary, said today that Nigerian "scheduling difficulties" forced the postponement of the five-day visit, which had been scheduled to begin next Tuesday.

Welcome back to the U.C.L.A. Invitational, and thanks for all your patience during our decade and a half of nagging scheduling difficulties.

But the meeting was postponed because of Mr. Abbas's scheduling difficulties, according to the Palestinian information minister, Nabil Amr.

Despite the scheduling difficulties of professional poker, Rousso attempts to maintain her physical fitness.

Instead of gaining six imps and winning the match eventually by three, his team would have lost by nine and a great deal of subsequent scheduling difficulty would have been avoided.