1.   Apple and its longtime agency, BBDO West of Los Angeles, parted ways in June.

2.   Bitterly, the two parted ways without Jon ever having his question on abandonment answered.

3.   After the two parted ways, Ayala formed Los Bravos del Norte.

4.   But Putin and Berezovsky have since parted ways.

5.   Gateway and McCann, part of the McCann-Erickson World Group unit of Interpublic, parted ways on the creative account in February.

6.   Ford and Arkansas parted ways because he got tired of athletics director Frank Broyles looking over his shoulder.

7.   More likely, one group parted ways, then another, which might have fractured into two more.

8.   Rivera says she knew nothing about that contract, and the two parted ways after The New York Post reported the deal last year.

9.   Rokhlin and the party, which was founded by Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin, have since angrily parted ways.

10.   The Bruins and their coach, Mike Keenan, parted ways Thursday, and that, of course, is nothing new around here.