11.   In response, any inquiry must be conducted swiftly and in a bipartisan spirit.

12.   Indeed, one Democrat already appeared to have abandoned the bipartisan spirit.

13.   Just weeks ago it looked like the bipartisan spirit that gripped Washington after the terrorist attacks might extend to economic policy.

14.   Perry promised a continuation of the bipartisan spirit that reigned under Bullock, a Democrat.

15.   Republican congressional leaders echoed the new bipartisan spirit that has swept through Washington on this issue.

16.   Schnur said the constant changing of the guard fosters a more bipartisan spirit in the Legislature.

17.   Simply put, the vaunted bipartisan spirit of the last seven weeks, while not tattered, seemed frayed at the edges.

18.   That conclusion is a tribute to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, who managed to maintain a bipartisan spirit even when the votes were not.

19.   The bipartisan spirit that helped ease the passage of a series of terrorism-related packages last year has all but vanished.

20.   The collapse of the bipartisan spirit was expected, Sloan said.