Meanwhile, American pressure on Iraqi political leaders to end the bitter stalemate and forge a new government has been intensifying.

The situation appeared in danger of bitter stalemate at a new, more punishing level for both populations.

The Virginia Republican's new position lent support to the Democrats' belief that time is on their side in this increasingly bitter partisan stalemate.

The Council's agreeability has allowed the city to avoid the kind of bitter stalemates that have for years made Albany's budget process utterly dysfunctional.

After half of all humanity perishes in the conflict, the war settled into a bitter stalemate lasting over 8 months.

The atmosphere here is not as toxic as in 2000, and neither party expects anything approaching the bitter 36-day stalemate that gripped this state that year.

It presented itself tactically as the only solution to a bitter stalemate between left and right.

Both presidents also argued that the war, which ended in bitter stalemate, was the first step toward the end of the cold war.

The increasingly bitter political stalemate has resulted in four needless deaths.

That complaint was swiftly withdrawn, but the two sides entered a long and bitter stalemate.