You've always been curious and courageous, and both traits have served you well.

He is serious almost to the point of being humorless, a trait that colleagues say serves him well.

During the 1980's, when most of the nation was united in rejecting the legitimacy of Communist power, that trait served him and Poland well.

Those traits may have served males well, back when they roamed some jungle, like primitive pans.

To a biologist who thinks traits serve fitness here and now, all this is just natural selection with an extra step.

This irascible trait naturally served to increase his enemies.

What advantage could this trait possibly serve?

"That trait has served them ill in the past several years," Ryalth says.

These traits alone serve as signposts in the maze of this exhibition.

The last trait has served her well.