In the past, American politicians have split, often rancorously, over the issue.

The party has been rancorously divided since July, when it lost the presidency for the first time in 71 years.

Roy glowered down at his father and rancorously said, "Yes?"

With low profit margins, the companies compete for every customer, sometimes rancorously.

His nature was not a rancorously envious one, however.

"I want to fight," the other said rancorously.

A Republican, he would bring a bipartisan flavor to a second Clinton term at a time when foreign policy has become rancorously partisan.

"Everything's about fresh meat," he said, not rancorously.

Although legislators have talked about their desire for a bipartisan budget, their campaigns are rancorously partisan.

Raymond, speechless with frustration, glared rancorously at the emperor.

Sandra stared rancorously at the opposite wall.

The fans booed briefly, but not rancorously.

She stared at him rancorously.

He was part of the Democratic minority that, in a rancorously partisan struggle, failed to block the impeachment of the President.

Leaning his wide shoulders as if to engulf her rounded form, Maidenshore rancorously asked, "Where's it written?

In fact, taking me by surprise, he grew quite emotional when telling me how rancorously divided the legal community, the political community, even the country has become.

I cannot tell what possessed me to speak so rancorously,' he said, passing his hand over his forehead and looking both unhappy and bewildered. '

When the talks broke down rancorously days before the killings, Mr. Ruiz Ferro took no further action to ease the confrontation.

Like some other Scots he knew, McLean seemed to labour under some sense of inferiority; and to labour rancorously.

And he complained rancorously about the 'frivolous incapable buffooneries', 'vicious emanations' and 'sterile, unproductive mediocrity' of local music critics.

The Senate committee acted even though the federal agency has yet to issue the final rules it approved by a narrow and rancorously partisan vote at the beginning of the month.

But in March the alliance came rancorously apart when Vladimir Meciar, then the Prime Minister of the Slovak republic, defected to the nationalist camp.

The Uruguay round of trade negotiations broke up rancorously in Brussels in December after the European Community refused even to discuss a compromise text on agriculture.

A boisterous, multimillion-dollar election battle for one seat on the court is making two candidates household names, while drawing uncomfortable attention to all seven members of the rancorously divided court.

PEN members have been debating the proposal for months, sometimes rancorously, even though some nonwriters - editors - are already on the board and agents are members of the organization.