11.   Indeed, the two partners want customers to continue to perceive their brands as completely different, and will not even share many engines and other important parts.

12.   It turned out that each partner had been wanting the same thing but neither had been willing to admit it, Amelon said.

13.   Mockett said the partners may want to bring in other partners to share infrastructure.

14.   One of the women had a child after artificial insemination from an anonymous donor, and her partner wanted to become a legal parent of the child as well.

15.   Other partners want to find someone else to lead the firm, preferably someone with industry experience who would not be just an interim caretaker.

16.   Potentially eligible partners would all want younger women, she insists.

17.   She has a killer body and pretty face, but only her geeky lab partner wants to sleep with her.

18.   The agreement forced Time Warner to sell its stake if the partners wanted to buy it.

19.   The calls are as likely to come from men as women who are stunned that their partner no longer wants to be married to them.

20.   The partners want to do more than create yet another big entertainment, information and telecommunications empire.