1.   Sitting under his canvas tent, Abdullah paid most of these stories little heed, and seemed resigned to fight a war without end.

2.   They grumbled only when half their roses succumbed to winter kill, and seemed resigned to treating rosebushes as expensive annuals.

3.   He made an urgent appeal for help, but seemed resigned to the fact that the Americans would not come to his rescue.

4.   Police, while more relaxed, still had tire-shredding spikes laid on the roads Monday evening and seemed resigned to a long wait.

5.   Talabani on Monday made an urgent appeal for help, but seemed resigned to the fact that the Americans would not come to his rescue.