Away from work, I ski, mess around in boats, spoil my grandchildren, and tinker with digital toys.

FORBES: Todd Hixon - Archive

But, for all the cleverness of private equity firms at selling out at the top of the market, it is the perception that they bank the profits, but aren't around to clear up a mess they've in part created, which is doing serious damage to their image.

BBC: The financial lessons of Southern Cross

In her spare time, she likes to dance and sing in her bedroom, meet up with friends and mess around on her computer.

BBC: On holiday in North Korea

She longs to keep the house in order, while everyone else is itching to relax or break free you can see it in the look of the film, the way that figures mess around within careful compositions.

NEWYORKER: The Last Days of Chez Nous

Are we going to turn around and go back to the exact same policies that got us into this mess in the first place?

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Are we going to just turn around after all of this and go back to the same policies that got us in mess in the first place?

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Now, the banks are in hot water with regulators and face hundreds of civil suits--a fine mess all around.

FORBES: A Better, More Honest IPO

The subprime-loan mess, overbuilding, underwater mortgages and home sale nosedives around the country are making it increasingly difficult to thrive in real-estate sales.

WSJ: In a Sinking Industry? Jump to Another Ship

That way you would choose your retirement age, you would have far more in retirement income than the current system can possibly pay and the politicians couldn't mess around with it.

FORBES: Fact And Comment