1.   One could argue that the poisonous atmosphere in rugby is a rather sad reflection of the vitriolic exchanges between politicians.

2.   Bush said Clinton bore much of the blame for the poisonous political atmosphere.

3.   Divisions within the United Nations over Iraq have created a poisonous atmosphere in which it can be difficult to determine fact from fiction.

4.   I catch a quick glimpse of this often poisonous atmosphere while in California for the TV press tour.

5.   It is too much to expect the poisonous partisan atmosphere against which the president railed in his inaugural speech to go away entirely.

6.   It is hard to imagine how the poisonous atmosphere that today afflicts Washington will change.

7.   It merely added its bit to a mildly poisonous atmosphere that killed the weakest.

8.   The conventional wisdom in Washington is that in the current poisonous atmosphere, Congress and the White House cannot think big thoughts or do big things.

9.   The mad cow issue has created a poisonous atmosphere for the Turin meetings.

10.   The poisonous anti-American atmosphere could seep into the rest of Latin America.