But it was a messy process: the two parties briefly joined forces, in what Mr Leon describes as "a marriage made in hell".
But few can remember a succession as messy as the one at the Crystal Cathedral.
And if, during Friday's sometimes messy set, the six Dolls — or is it seven?
Though officially denied, undoing the messy ties between the two firms would make it easier to demonstrate that De Beers is independent and competitive: two qualities much admired by the DOJ's trustbusters.
A messy triumvirate of the two Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks, who resigned as boss of News International on July 15th, helps explain (though it hardly excuses) the firm's pathetic failure to investigate quickly phone-hacking and bribery.
If the British election produces a minority government, a three-party compromise, or a messy combination of the two, the UK's electoral system will have failed in its primary rationale: to produce strong, stable government.
It's messy enough that the two attributes that should make you wary high expenses and the prospect of mediocre returns (on a risk-adjusted basis)–are hard to detect.
The government also has a messy relationship with the two mobile phone providers.
This method is very effective, but a lot messier than the one outlined above.[4].
This would only happen in the event of a messy parting in which the two sides cannot agree terms or an extension of negotiations within two years of triggering article 50.
The two Messier-Keenan years in Vancouver were considered a disaster, with acrimony among the players and failure on the ice.
