1.   But defense lawyers, during cross-examination, suggested that since no one tried to separate the girls from the couple, the parents could not have been too abusive.

2.   But the girls were separated almost immediately, she said.

3.   Doctors have put off trying to separate the girls until they recover from their bacterial and viral infections and mature some more.

4.   It was a hard decision to separate the girls.

5.   Probate Judge James R. Lawton Tuesday declined to consider evidence alleging that his order separating twin girls in a custody fight was having an ill effect on the twins.

6.   Probate Judge James R. Lawton Wednesday declined to consider evidence alleging that his order separating twin girls in a custody fight was having an ill effect on the twins.

7.   The doors closed so quickly that a teen-age girl was separated from her family.

8.   We told the school they should keep the two girls separated.

9.   When surgeons separated the girls last Saturday, the weaker Sarahi died, but Sarah survived.

10.   Doctors had said Tuesday they would have to separate the girls, because their shared heart is too weak to support them both.