11.   Partisan rhetoric aside, there is truth to the claim, agreed Killian.

12.   Partisan rhetoric aside, there seems to be little question that Congress is poised to approve the most significant tax relief in decades.

13.   Still, unable to move major tax or spending cuts, Gingrich has sharpened his partisan rhetoric to fire up the GOP base.

14.   That chairman, Illinois Republican Henry Hyde, has promised to deliver hearings that are removed from the partisan rhetoric so commonplace on Capitol Hill.

15.   The atmosphere was even relaxed by some standards, despite the partisan rhetoric.

16.   The committee sought an even-handed tone, and the debate had little of the razor-sharp partisan rhetoric of recent weeks.

17.   The party platform this year also is lightening up on the partisan rhetoric.

18.   The quiet is unusual for a Congress that is generally consumed by partisan rhetoric.

19.   The partisan rhetoric, however, was tempered with an effort by the mayor to show his better, less abrasive side.

20.   The speech was also notably lacking in any partisan rhetoric as Clinton tried to position herself as a lawmaker concerned more with gritty legislative details than with politics.