The trio's arrival at the ISS was delayed by two weeks as Russian space officials carried out further software tests on the modified Soyuz MS-01 vehicle.
Performances were delayed by two weeks in November, at a cost of a few million dollars in ticket revenue and rehearsal expenses.
When the primary was delayed by two weeks and the runoff by two weeks and two days because of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Mr. Gentili said, it did not delay the third and final event.
The overwhelming majority of Long Island school budgets were approved on Tuesday in voting delayed by two weeks to give school districts a chance to adjust numbers after legislators in Albany rewrote the state budget, restoring most aid to schools.
James is one of the 1,400 members of the First Milk co-operative, still reeling from news that payment for their milk was being delayed by two weeks to fill a £10m financial black hole in the organisation's finances following a crash in milk prices.
"The plans tell farmers what to sow or what agricultural methods to use if the monsoons are delayed by two weeks, by four weeks, by six weeks," said B. Venkateshwarulu, director of the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, which is overseeing the project.
