It created a cooperative, bipartisan spirit on a subject of great national importance.

Whatever happened to respect for the league's history and cooperative spirit?

"Without regular involvement of many people you don't get a cooperative spirit," he said.

"This clearly was not expected, given the cooperative spirit in which both sides entered the agreement."

There's just no reason why he should not be working in a cooperative spirit with the board.

"We hope it will not mar the cooperative spirit among the various groups," he said.

She emphasized the "very cooperative spirit" of relations between the two countries.

"They are not in such a desperate position to use it, but this is to show our cooperative spirit."

Community leaders put the cooperative spirit to good economic use.

"We're running up against a more cooperative spirit," she said, speaking of the period since early this year.