1.   But the painful stalemate wrought on this issue by divided government in Washington compelled a new approach.

2.   Americans have developed a perverse affection for divided government but also an aversion to the constant clashes it seems destined to produce.

3.   And that leads us, finally, to divided government.

4.   And some voters are content with divided government, thinking that Washington could inflict as little damage as possible if it was gridlocked.

5.   As election day dawned, it appeared the country was prepared to vote once again for divided government, at least at the national level.

6.   As he takes on these and other issues, Chen will be operating in what for Taiwan is the novel territory of a divided government.

7.   Both the president and the GOP leaders sounded conciliatory one week after the election in which voters returned a divided government to Washington.

8.   A glance at the last six years of divided government in the United States shows that democracy in action is not an especially appetizing sight.

9.   A divided Thai government spent billions to prop up the baht before conceding today.

10.   But visionary themes are impossible in a divided government committed to the notion that the federal role in resolving national social problems is limited.