1.   After a brief wait in the basement, we headed back down State Street to the inn under glowering but rainless skies.

2.   After a brief wait, up pops the home page for Travel Web.

3.   At the MCI Center ticket counter, there was a brief wait at a booth that sold only season tickets.

4.   Minutes after resuming, they were again called back to the pits for a brief wait.

5.   After a brief wait at the presidency, the taxis, trucks, and cars drove off later Wednesday.