In a statement explaining the postponement, Royal KPN said, "Discussions with a potential strategic partner could have a material effect on the business of KPN Mobile, and consequently be of importance to an investor in KPN Mobile shares".
Explaining the postponement of his planned trip to the United States this week, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today that he had to stay in Israel to cope with a possible surge in attacks as a result of new army tactics in the confrontation with the Palestinians.
Liberty Mutual fell back on an old chestnut to explain the indefinite postponement: an "unfavorable environment".
For instance, the increased use of assisted reproductive technology, postponement of marriage and childbearing ages, as well as an increasing number of low-weight and preterm births may also explain the increasing trend of the use of inpatient tocolysis.
Corcoran explained the reasons behind the postponement.
13 Despite these social and psychological aspects, there is also a behavioural component when explaining possible postponement effects: 14 reduced physical activity and inadequate food intake (probably most prevalent on and around major holidays) might have serious consequences on patients with cancer.
For public consumption, the postponement was explained as an opportunity for more Congressional observers to attend during their summer recess.
The postponement of parenthood has been explained by factors such as rising female employment, expansion of university education, gender equity, partnership formation, delays in leaving the parental home, financial insecurity among young adults, family policies and effective contraception [ 4, 5].
The emotional distress caused by the treatment failure and the necessity to choose about future treatment can also explain why patients report postponement of treatment as the most frequent reason for discontinuation.
The most common factors that could explain this severe decline in fertility are reproductive aging through the postponement of marriages, lifestyle, nutrition, the quality of health care services, and decrease in the child-seeking behaviour [ 45- 47].
