Related Clues:

• "__ turns out ..."
• Actually live
• -- were
• __ happens (incidentally)
• 'Strange -- may seem ...'
• Such-is link
• "Be that __ may ..."
• Such ___ is
• "___ was in the beginning . . ."
• were (so to speak)
• ''Odd __ may seem . . .''
• 'Be that may ...'
• '___ were...'
• '__ happens ... '
• "__ happens ... "