1.   I was very happy as a child.

2.   She was never so happy as when she was mingling with neighbors and playing politics.

3.   By Ann Todd A GROUP of Liverpool youngsters are happy as mudlarks about going into school.

4.   And yet he remains ever cheerful, as happy as a Redcar sandboy doing an impression of King Canute.

5.   But when you were a pop singer were you happy as a pop singer?

6.   And any mouse who has had his or her DNA stripped of its uniquely mousey antibody genes may indeed be happy as a clam.

7.   And Martinez was among the grown men as happy as Little Leaguers afterward.

8.   And yet as happy as her childhood was, segregation left its mark.

9.   As happy as I am today.

10.   As happy as Sam Gash is, it is not easy for him to forget what he was put through last year.