11.   Having grown up a Mets fan, the fact that Keith Hernandez was not one of the choices threw me for a small loop.

12.   Growing up Latino in the Texas of that era was a daily and daunting challenge.

13.   Growing up, maybe a couple of times.

14.   Having grown up a bus ride away from the Montreal Forum, he was experiencing one of those homecomings that happens every so often in sports.

15.   Having grown up the grandson of a passionate, old-school Communist, Duncan was struck by the devastating implications of the event for such true believers.

16.   Having grown up in Chicago and Battle Creek, Mich., and graduated from the University of Michigan, he knew the style of life in the Midwest.

17.   Having grown up in South Africa and since traveled the world, he eats up foreign life and customs.

18.   Heck, growing up in Alamogordo, N.M., I was practically raised on the stuff.

19.   However, growing up, she did borrow traits she saw in the largely Jewish culture of her hometown, Scarsdale, N.Y.

20.   His mistake was not growing up a freak.