Removing the process of identifying fathers from the adversarial and sometimes hostile atmosphere of qualifying for welfare improves the chances of success, experts say.

This arrangement facilitated an adversarial atmosphere that is representative of the British parliamentary approach.

Both men felt an independent research organization was needed to counter the adversarial atmosphere that had developed in the environmental field between industry and Government.

It is a line that will be difficult to draw in the adversarial atmosphere of the police station.

This adversarial atmosphere is fostered to titillate the fans, as our Canadian pundit, Don Cherry, does with his most spectacular hits and fights TV piece.

Regulating can be done without an adversarial atmosphere.

It is hard to imagine a more adversarial atmosphere than the British House of Commons.

Describing the meeting's adversarial atmosphere among members in the audience, Mr. Robins said "it reminded me of being on Jerry Springer."

Mr. Netanyahu's defiant tone might have seemed shocking last fall, but since then an adversarial atmosphere has developed.

In countries with such plans, relationships between patients and providers generally lack the adversarial atmosphere found in this country, and thus such legal proceedings are much less common.