When they split up in 1999, Elisa left for San Francisco with her son, but gave financial support to Emily and her twins.

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When they returned to New York, they split up, and went back online.

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They do what cops are supposed to do when the perps they are chasing split up: they follow the money.

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Both their parents split up when they were younger.

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She knew long ago that proms were segregated, but she didn't think much about it till last year, when she and three friends first realized they'd be split up.

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