BECAUSE it has become so consistently successful, I.B.M. is almost boring.
The Owl of Minerva can barely crank its wings open — no doubt because it has become a fat urban pigeon, toddling between cafés for cultural leftovers.
And companies that initially came for the low labour costs now want to stay because it has become a huge market in its own right.
Now we joke about it, because it has become relative.
Fees, however, annoy corporate travel managers because it has become increasingly difficult for them to budget.
In truth, I wanted to be President because it has become my ambition to be President..
The Circle has enormous power because it has become the primary gateway to the Internet.
Hemingway's stream has become hard to recognize and to distinguish, because it has become the mainstream.
Nobody now dreams of questioning such casting because it has become a cultural norm.
-What are the ethical implications of changing a rule merely because it has become unenforceable?
We know it is very difficult, because it has become a political matter".
