But the delays are now threatening to cause problems with Congress, which had expected a final text long before now.

The road was fastest, and any delay threatens Jaric.

The delays could also threaten the allure of California as a magnet for stem cell scientists.

The delay threatens to push China's entry into the global body into next year.

Those delays have threatened a maritime industry that generates more than 180,000 jobs in the region and moves tens of billions of dollars in cargo.

The delay threatened to push the station's opening to 1990, and some officials worried that by then funds to build the Green Line would have run out.

During the summer of 2011, a frustrated Crane hinted that the delays might threaten the deal.

He also warned Congress that delay threatened to kill the entire subway project and cost the country millions of dollars.

He has consistently denied "rushing" unification but has always moved up the timetable when delays threatened to set off a political backlash.

The danger of executing a potentially compromised operation were substantial, but any delay threatened to push back the window of opportunity by at least a month.