American politics is now split down the middle on values.
The bad news is that Venezuela's already polarised society is now split down the middle, and seething.
The R is now split in two – the Brooklyn segment and the one in Manhattan and Queens.
The country is now split among Assad's forces, the Islamic State group and rebel factions, many with Islamist ideologies.
The ceremonial unit is now split into six teams, each led by one of the six original members.
The country is now split on Obama, because he is temperate, thoughtful and pragmatic, but his policies are almost all unpopular.
Management of the franchise is now split between Jeanie Buss and her brother Jim Jimm, the vice-president, tends to the basketball side, and Jeanie oversees the business.
But if "The McGarrigle Christmas Hour" is now split between two cultures, it is still a celebration of extended family and the intermingling of musical dynasties.
The party is now split between those committed to pursuing the party's Islamist goals and those who want to stress good government.
AT&T, once the world's largest monopoly, is now split apart, stripped down and building a "lean, maximally efficient" corporate style, as its spokesman, Gary Morgenstern, put it.
The Conservative party is now split three ways, and deeply so, between a tiny sliver of Pro-Europeans, a large group of Grudging Belongers and an increasing number of Better Off Outers.
