Russia had already hindered the work of the monitors — part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe — by delaying the necessary invitation to them.
Be careful, as being even a few cents off, you risk having invitations sent back due to insufficient postage, which will lead to major delays in invitation delivery and will cost even more to remedy.
You may want to delay sending out invitations until you plan the menu and see how much everything will cost.
In 1848, Zachary Taylor's acceptance was delayed for weeks because the notification committee's invitation, sent postage due, languished in the Dead Letter office.
Howard Opinsky, a spokesman for Mr. McCain, said the candidate had initially accepted the debate invitation, but then made other plans when Gov. George W. Bush delayed his decision to participate.
The Court in Rasul issued no such open invitation to delay, but the effect has been much the same.
On numerous occasions, Mr. Sbicca says, he missed invitations to meet friends because his text messages had been delayed.
After Mr. Franks accused his rival of "hiding and buying" -- for refusing to release his charitable donations and tax returns, and for delaying in accepting debate invitations -- Mr. Corzine made the latter issue moot by quickly agreeing to five broadcast debates, each of which passed with neither high drama nor a sizable audience tuning in.
Across the ideological spectrum, the Justices, through their questions to the lawyers arguing for and against the upholding the A.C.A., declined the invitation for delay.
Each piece of paper is open to challenge, an invitation for delays that makes the defense lawyer, Sunil Kumar Rastogi, grin at the thought of it, his mouth opening wide to show teeth stained red from an overindulgence of betel juice.
