This official said Israel may appear more cooperative with the Congressional inquiries into the affair because their deadlines extend well into the future.

Kid manages to get his deadline extended another week giving him enough time to plan for the party.

Mr. Yeltsin originally set June 16 as the deadline for a new constitution, then extended it to June 26.

Over the weekend, the press in Chile printed statements from President Ricardo Lagos that Chile wanted the deadline extended a bit further than March 17.

Work on the BBC's corporate headquarters was scheduled for completion in 2008 - but delays saw the deadline extended until 2010, with the move being completed in March 2013.

On 16 January 2004, the court ruled in favour of Westfield and ordered the closure of the centre's retail activities, with a deadline ultimately extended to 30 June.

Federated is expected to contend that Campeau made a "new offer" on March 2, and, therefore, the clock should be reset and the deadline extended.

Dr. Waksal had tried to get the 90-day deadline extended but the board declined, they said.

It was a hard, 14-year struggle into being, a cliffhanger of state funding cut-offs, small-scale fund-raising, deadlines missed and extended, plans juggled and changed.

It took two more days to complete the task, with deadlines extended three times.