71.   Some customers gave up after their computers spent several minutes at a time trying to download e-mail messages.

72.   Spend a few minutes gathering supplies.

73.   The beat of life has such a numbing din that you only need to spend a few minutes to understand it.

74.   The rain held off long enough for Woods to spend several minutes with Randall, teaching him to keep his arms extended on his swing.

75.   The women went into the room of the two men and spent a few minutes talking to them.

76.   To prove it I spent a few minutes scanning the Bloomberg database on telecom stocks to assess the quality of advice analysts have offered.

77.   Thursday, he spent a few minutes talking to Bobby Bonilla and finding out how he likes being in L.A.

78.   Truckers can stop in at training centers around the country to take the training, even if they only want to spend a few minutes at a time.

79.   UCLA never whittled the margin to single digits, even when Fizer spent several minutes on the bench in foul trouble.