While these changes have been taking place, consensus as to who is financially responsible for the children when unmarried parents split up has been slow to form.

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The BCS has long since been denounced as postseason panacea, but a second split title in eight years would underscore that it can't be relied upon to pick an undisputed champion.

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It has also-ran products, and its talent pool (despite 19, 000 employees) has been decimated by years of cost cutting and underfunding as Motorola was ramrodded by Carl Icahn into a split, and a very, very weak 5th position in the market.

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Like Cipriani, who had a much-publicised split with model and actress Kelly Brook, Henson has often been in the public eye as much for his off-field activities as his on-field accomplishments.

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The note in Bonhams sale remains clean and crisp but, as it was common practice at the time for paper money to be sent through the post, the note has been split down the centre.

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