1.   Although King retains a connection with Showtime, that relationship has cooled since King lost control of Tyson last year.

2.   But the relationship cooled when the Justice Department last year began investigating accusations of high-level corruption in oil projects there.

3.   But the relationship cooled when Mrs. Busic appealed for help in getting her husband paroled from prison.

4.   But their relationship has clearly cooled.

5.   It is becoming increasingly clear that the Messier-Gretzky relationship has cooled somewhat since Messier left New York as a free agent last summer.

6.   So her relationship with Tripp cooled for several months.

7.   The two were engaged and had corresponded while in jail, but attorneys and family members said the relationship cooled this spring.

8.   After that, Soncini said, their relationship cooled.

9.   In February, Tyson aligned himself with Hollywood agents Jeff Wald and Irving Azoff, but that relationship has since cooled.