Maybe I could delay announcing your appointment.

They had been expected in July, but technical difficulties were encountered and I.B.M. delayed announcing their introduction until yesterday.

Wagner subsequently delayed announcing his completion of Siegfried to prevent this opera also being premiered against his wishes.

Covad reported a startling loss of $1.44 billion for fiscal 2000, and said it would delay announcing results for the March 2001 quarter until mid-June.

Hippolyte Bayard had also developed a method of photography but delayed announcing it, and so was not recognized as its inventor.

Given the political sensitivity, the police asked Mr. Rubenstein to delay announcing his decision until after the pope left.

Mr. Barak delayed announcing the leader of his negotiating team until last week.

It is common for China to delay announcing the deaths of prominent people.

Enberg suggested that the league should have been more patient and delayed announcing the deals until next week.

Emerging from the meeting, Mr. Takenaka said that he had "consulted with many people on their opinions" and decided to delay announcing the bank cleanup plan.