Those patient enough to stick with them will, however, be rewarded with unexpected illuminations.
On the other hand, those patient, reproachful, grandpaternal voices continue to mutter on your bookshelf.
Hence the sucking up of all those patient records by Google's DeepMind.
Between the bolting lettuce and those patient turnips, there were a number of vegetables whose behavior would be harder to predict.
It has long been envisioned that genetics could drive stratified drug development by identifying those patient subgroups that are most likely to respond.
For example, if he performs five amputations, will those patient have access to rehabilitation in two months, or even two years?
As more treatments become available, society has to ask itself what it wants to afford, while at the same time ensuring that it's not just those patient groups and pharma companies with the loudest voices that get priority.
Although his all-star cast included Cate Blanchett, Ellen Burstyn, Natalie Portman, Anita Ekberg and Elaine Stritch, the consensus among those patient souls who finally saw it was that the wait was more entertaining than the performance itself.
The sight of those patient Afghans lined up to vote on Saturday is another reminder that Afghanistan deserves more help than it has gotten to rebuild after the devastations of war and the Taliban.
Seemingly imprecise in their imagery, austere in palette, self-absorbed in feeling, their surfaces gritty and uningratiating, they can nevertheless become eloquent, for those patient enough to give them time.
For those patient enough to wait until the action is over each day, the best Web sites for the race shame traditional American media in terms of the completeness of their information.
