1 Frustrated by his own failures, the on-again, off-again textile worker regularly beats her.

2 Then there's the president's on-again, off-again offshore-drilling policy.

3 An on-again off-again relationship may have entered a new cycle recently.

4 However, her on-again musician boyfriend Luc Carl, 29, was nowhere to be seen.

5 Having an on-again and off-again relationship with her, he has beaten her up on several occasions.

6 Five countries, including the US, have been in on-again, off-again talks with North Korea to provide Pyongyang with aid in exchange for disarmament.

7 At the same time, Yahoo ended months of on-again, off-again merger talks with Microsoft Corp, a big blow to Microsoft's plan to build a strong footing in online advertising.

8 Indeed, the on-again, off-again pattern of warfare leads many researchers to reject the notion that war is an inevitable consequence of human nature.

9 It's had an on-again, off-again racing history, as maintenance and financing waxed and waned, but it remains Australia's premier purpose-built track.

10 The general election was called only after months of on-again, off-again dithering which damaged our economy and weakened our democracy.

11 After I broke it off, I got involved in an incredibly unhealthy on-again off-again thing with my only neighbor that was so, so sexually gratifying specifically because it was unhealthy.

12 Plate tectonics, the geologic process responsible for creating the Earth's continents, mountain ranges, and ocean basins, may be an on-again, off-again affair.

13 Industry pundits are looking with most interest -- and some skepticism -- at the firm's on-again,() off-again flirtation with mobile phones. Dell declined to comment.

14 In Turkey, which has had nearly 20 IMF loan programs and is having on-again, off-again negotiations for yet another one, the IMF is still seen as a symbol of foreign pressure.

15 The optimism comes in a year of developments that could prove a turning point in Hanoi's on-again, off-again reform program, now presided over by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

16 Party leaders' decision to pursue separate paths follows weeks of recrimination and on-again, off-again talks.

17 And to do that, they'll need a way to unlink themselves from the on-again, off-again nature of the wind.

18 It was unclear what convinced China to finally approve the deal after years of off-again, on-again talks.

19 O'Neal, himself a 1970s sex symbol and the father of Fawcett's son, Redmond O'Neal, has been Fawcett's on-again, off-again companion for many years.

20 Here they have clearly announced their entrance with a proud musical dittie, have calmly collected the trash, and have then moved on-again to a musical accompaniment.