1.   The whole sordid mess would be distanced by its style of presentation.

2.   Everybody in the sordid mess was unhappy and bitter.

3.   Is he sorry that this sordid mess happened on his watch?

4.   Ken Starr could have wrapped up that whole sordid mess in two weeks.

5.   Rather, this whole sordid mess should be sending a clear message not to mess around.

6.   She gets the team that Eddie built to greatness, then kissed away in a sordid gambling mess.

7.   Tagliabue may order all parties to New York for a summit meeting to sort out this sordid mess.

8.   The real surprise in this whole sordid mess is that such a grand deception could have continued undetected for so long.

9.   The whole sordid mess is rife with other pop-culture possibilities.

10.   Harding avoided jail time, but never escaped the sordid mess and her tarnished image.