Moreover, the positive trends also urged officials to review economic targets for next year.

At one point, on Aug. 28, he urged federal officials to cut through red tape to give timely help.

She also urged elected officials and the media to understand that "anger is a significant stage of the grieving process."

She urged officials at the hearing to hold other sessions in Brooklyn.

But they urged officials to investigate the complaints before the inauguration.

Mr. Bush has long urged officials to cooperate with the investigation.

They are also urging Soviet officials to permit questions from the student audience.

He urged officials in both countries to "set their eyes on the future, not the past."

Yet even some cultural advocates are urging public officials to question whether a performing arts center makes economic sense at ground zero.

You can't turn your back on suffering, but you can urge local officials to prepare.