11.   But it was a messy divorce from his high school sweetheart, Lorna J. Wendt, that ultimately gave him a higher national profile.

12.   By her own account, Selcuk Sahin made mistakes throughout her messy divorce.

13.   Chief Executive Paul Shipman, who said the changeover disrupted deliveries and stalled promotional efforts, compared the transition to a messy divorce.

14.   Following a messy public divorce, he became more reclusive and was seen less and less around town.

15.   He had just gone through a messy divorce, in which he was granted custody of his son, Pat, and daughter, Chris.

16.   He became embroiled in a messy divorce in South Africa that cast him in a far less heroic light.

17.   He was locked in messy divorce proceedings with his wife, Donna Hanover.

18.   It was a corporate divorce as messy as they come, ending a nearly century- old relationship.

19.   It was a messy divorce.