The Minnesota health center says it was forced to drop a potentially valuable diagnostic test and delay publication of an article after Prometheus sued it for violating a patent so sweeping that it prohibits researchers from even thinking about the process Prometheus claims to have invented.

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Rumours in F1 suggest the crash test failure could delay the debut of the car further until the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in September.

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The National Farmers' Union has voiced anger over the delay and insists Defra has lost the six test results and Devon needs the status as soon as possible.

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The delay stems from the extraordinary nature of the test.

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The role of Congress is not to speed up laws and appointments but to test them and, yes, often to delay them.

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Each person was given a questionnaire in which they made choices between a smaller, immediate reward and a larger future reward (a common test for finding out if people are willing to delay gratification).

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This week Glamorgan revealed that there was a four-week delay in laying new turf but insisted that would not affect preparations for the first Ashes Test.

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Mr. Heins blamed the delay in the U.S. rollout on the longer time it takes for American carriers to test new devices.

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After a 105-minute delay, another hour was possible, in which Pietersen passed 50 for the seventh time in just his 10th Test, square-driving Pathan for his ninth boundary.

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