11.   The case of Michelle Smith further poisoned the atmosphere.

12.   The gamble there is the possibility that Sheffield further poisons the atmosphere around the team and stadium.

13.   The South Korean action could be interpreted as an attempt to poison the atmosphere at high-level talks between American and North Korean officials on the nuclear issue.

14.   The turmoil and uncertainty created by vast numbers of federal workers not going to work or not being paid is poisoning the atmosphere for progress on the budget.

15.   They just wanted to poison the atmosphere, to intimidate her.

16.   Those claims, pushed as a way to poison the atmosphere against public effort, equally poison it for private effort.

17.   True, Neely did poison the atmosphere with his contemptuous, mocking tone.

18.   With Bush due here in less than a month, the government has little interest in poisoning the atmosphere for dialogue.

19.   China says it will poison the atmosphere.

20.   China has not poisoned the atmosphere single-handedly.