Most of those years were less than productive, and there was little or no bipartisan harmony.

Chat-show pundits gagged on the talk of bipartisan harmony and tried to egg the two sides into a fight, with little success.

A similar burst of bipartisan harmony will be necessary to get the bill through the Senate before the political campaign swings into high gear and makes meaningful legislation all but impossible.

It has also produced a rare moment of bipartisan harmony in an otherwise rancorous election year.

Clinton had hoped Weld's nomination would foster bipartisan harmony.

His ascendancy to Senate President pro tem may change not only the substance but the tone of debate in the Legislature, where bipartisan harmony has prevailed over the last two years.

His ascendancy may change both the substance and tone of debate in the Legislature, where bipartisan harmony has prevailed over the last two years.

Senator Jubelirer, who wept at a ceremony welcoming Mr. Casey back to Harrisburg last month, all but promised bipartisan harmony.

Nor has bipartisan harmony been achieved on the terms of the Senate investigation into the alleged abuses in the 1996 campaign.

The bill, one of Mr. Bush's top domestic priorities, was adopted in a chorus of bipartisan harmony.