71.   His hair and beard grew shaggy, and he became as much of a loner as his brother in Montana.

72.   His offstage life became as fantastic and strange as that on stage.

73.   His team did not beat USC, which has become as common in South Bend as a cold snap in October.

74.   How is she become as a widow!

75.   If Mahler has become as routine and colorless as this in Boston, it might be time to give him a rest.

76.   In fact, snowboarding and skiing have become almost as much a passion for Duval as golf, if not as lucrative.

77.   In advanced intellectual life, trend-spotting is becoming just as frenetic, with ideas and arguments taking on many of the characteristics of fashion.

78.   In recent years, Ritalin has become as much of a schoolhouse staple as commodity cheese.

79.   In particular, the Jet Ski, a one-person, sit-down version produced by Kawasaki, became as familiar a brand name as Kleenex.

80.   In the next decade, home will become as interesting a destination as the local megaplex!