1.   Dykes said companies often handle such messes without notifying authorities.

2.   How a governor handles those messes can be a measure of how he or she reacts to crisis.

3.   Ivester, responding belatedly to a public outcry over how the company was handling the mess, had said he was sorry for any problems and promised an investigation.

4.   The field was packed with reporters circling players as the Fire Department attempted to handle the mess caused by the ruptured pipe.