1.   Being open requires taking a good long look at yourself, at recognizing the good and the bad, the light and the dark.

2.   Being upwardly mobile typically requires talent, hard work and luck.

3.   Being a rescuer requires superior physical strength and vast experience in mountaineering, Costie noted, but no one can predict all the challenges on the mountain.

4.   Being edgy requires only that we show up, late of course, and that we buy something.

5.   In my memory, being required to take gym was a lot like being allowed to wear white, vinyl Go-Go boots to open classrooms.

6.   It is sometimes said that in Jordan, being king also requires being many things to many people, so even public attire requires calculation.

7.   Sadie is the gracious one, as if being the elder requires that she be circumspect and observe the manners.

8.   To be successful would require an outpouring of lobbying and votes from naturalized foreign-borns as well as first-generation Americans.

9.   To be thankful requires that we be aware of these advantages and their implications.