But aid for the republics of the former Soviet Union seems to have lost its potential for partisan conflict.
This week's schedule has few major partisan conflicts on it.
Throughout this period contemporaries continued to describe partisan conflicts in terms of Civil War allegiances.
What has New York's Legislature gained from the last three weeks of bitter partisan conflict over the state budget?
Prime Policy Group tries to neutralize partisan conflicts by building bipartisan teams for their clients.
Today's split decision will almost certainly set up highly charged, partisan conflicts in the coming months, census experts said.
Rather, it simply embroiled members of the court in partisan conflict, thereby undermining respect for the judicial process.
Mr. Clinton, they add, saw the job of president as being "a national synthesizer," someone who could soar above partisan conflicts and unify the country.
Or will they erupt into violent partisan conflict?
Sukhumbhand's first-term performance was generally viewed as poor, a fact some have attributed to partisan conflicts between the city and national governments.