1.   As dozens of people put their hands over their ears and started questioning all the talk about quiet helicopters, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt urged patience.

2.   At the same time, Djindjic urged patience.

3.   At the same time, the president urged patience.

4.   Again, authorities urge patience.

5.   But even at the Allen AME Church service, where ministers urged patience, there was no way to separate the anger from the grief.

6.   But Richardson repeatedly urged patience while talks continued with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other important producers like Mexico.

7.   But the president urged patience in waiting to see how cases before Florida courts and the U.S. Supreme Court play out.

8.   Giuliani tried to comfort the man, quietly urging patience.

9.   He urged patience.

10.   However, the Rev. E.W. McCall Jr. of La Puente, Calif., outgoing president of the African American Fellowship, urged patience with the reorganization plan.