1.   As partisan passions heat up, several senators have appealed to their leaders and Clinton to shelve the treaty.

2.   A strong value of the Board of Regents has been its relative independence from partisan political passions.

3.   But gridlock fueled by New York-style partisan passions is spreading to state capitals around the country.

4.   But partisan passions had grown so venomous that he changed his mind.

5.   Called the Truth Squad or Reality Check Squad, the team uses technology, partisan passion and speed to attack the GOP.

6.   Cheney said at his news conference that Bush remains interested in appointing Democrats to his administration, in part to soothe partisan passions.

7.   History can only judge the worthiness of our national leaders from the distance of time after partisan passions have faded and the consequences of controversial deeds assessed.

8.   One is that Congress has provided in the Independent Counsel Act an instrument precisely designed to settle factual questions that have been obscured by partisan passion.

9.   Partisan passions cooled Monday, at least temporarily, as the election controversy moved to the U.S. Supreme Court.

10.   Partisan passions are mostly channeled into nonviolent political parties.