Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took the rare step of calling House lawmakers back to Washington to vote on the bill and send it to President Obama without delay.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

But it's not just that the middles of fiction involve these processes of delay.

但并不只是小说的中间部分,会涉及延迟这一过程这么简单。

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So, it's not really a developmental ... it's not really a developmental delay in the way that it might make sense to think about certain forms of retardation.

孤独症并非发展延迟,不应当把它理解为,某种形式的发育迟缓

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It was the first day of trading since state-owned Dubai World asked for a six-month delay in repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

But with conservative Democrats still voicing concerns, it is possible that the president might be forced to accept a delay until September.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

And he says it's developing countries that will be worst hit by this delay.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

But it's not going to require any delay in the withdrawal of U.S.troops,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

It would be weeks before he could catch another flight home, but the delay gave him time to hike the Annapurna Circuit, a 14-day trek through the Himalayas.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Many will need high levels of care. Researchers say that dramatically increasing global life expectancy makes it imperative to find solutions that prevent, delay,slow,and treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

He says the launch delay at this late stage appears political rather than technical, since it comes just a day after Presidents Obama and Medvedev discussed the issue in Singapore.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16