1.   Breaking that apart would have been as unlikely as taking the movie studios out of town.

2.   If the experience of the Marriott hotel empire is any guide, the best way for a company to prosper may be to break itself apart.

3.   In November, the ARC recommended breaking Amtrak apart.

4.   Over the last few years, Wall Street executives say, the focus has been on building companies up rather than breaking them apart.

5.   Slowly the system breaks them apart with suspicions, doubts and accusations.

6.   The New York Knicks were suspending Anthony Mason and claiming to be breaking apart, despite a record most teams would die for.