Mr. Vajpayee today canceled a long-planned vacation and will instead stay here in the capital's sweltering heat for more military briefings.

Mr. Cuse recalled that all of his children's passports were on the desk in front of him for a long-planned vacation, when the phone rang.

In the process, they are trying the patience of parents who argue that the shifts disrupt family schedules that include summer camps, sports activities and long-planned vacations.

Both told him to continue with a long-planned vacation.

The hardest decision, particularly for parents, has been whether to cancel long-planned vacations, perhaps with a penalty if plane tickets are nonrefundable, or to go, anyway.

Mr. Gore left that night for a long-planned vacation in Hawaii, where he went into virtual hibernation with his family in a borrowed beach house.

Mr. Tenet, who left Washington this week for a long-planned vacation, has made little secret that he is looking forward to leaving his job, probably in November.

The woman was the first alternate juror and was slated to take the place of a juror who was released to go on a long-planned vacation.

But he has acted irresponsibly in going through with his long-planned vacation with the jury out.

Her editors say the task - the "rowback" - was assigned to another writer only because Gross had left for a long-planned vacation.