1.   When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.

2.   And the friendship becomes cloying at the end.

3.   But by school age, when friendships become more important as well as trickier to negotiate, we should cool it.

4.   Miss Manners, the syndicated columnist whose real name is Judith Martin, says the trend shows just how frayed and forced friendships have become.

5.   So friendships become more like alliances and enmity makes argument seem futile.

6.   Their friendship became closer when Winnie started losing her battle to cancer.

7.   When an effort is made to discard prejudices and stereotypes, mentors can come from many directions, and unusual friendships can become the norm.

8.   How close their friendship became has been scrutinized since the energy giant filed the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.