1.   She regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything.

2.   And because fungi can colonize on mulch for years, shooting more spots, they can really create a mess.

3.   And others feel that Lerner helped create this mess in the first place when he was a minority owner of the original Browns.

4.   At most locations, the companies that created the mess footed the bill to clean it up.

5.   Before the fans made a mess in right field, both Moyer and Abbott had helped create a mess on the bases with suspect pitching.

6.   Bobby Cox pulled him from ninth-inning, bases-loaded messes he created Saturday in Houston and Tuesday in Chicago.

7.   About the only point of agreement among prosecutors and defense lawyers is that the appellate ruling has created a mess.

8.   But so far, the people who created the mess have escaped responsibility for cleaning it up.

9.   Charlton created the mess in the first place, surrendering a leadoff single to center by Craig Grebeck before issuing consecutive walks to Gary DiSarcina and Tony Phillips.

10.   Cone created a mess by surrendering consecutive singles to Fryman and Taubenese leading off, then walking Lofton to load the bases.