Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 40 rough sledding 39 reshaped 39 reshape 38 solidified 38 partisan finger pointing 37 girding 37 girds 36 roiled 36 headiest 36 sent shudders 36 tumultuous 36 midterm election 36 reshaping 35 rancorous 35 solidly entrenched 35 reevaluates 35 fundamentally altered 35 fiercely competitive 35 precipitous drops 35 Nortel strategic alliances 35 bitterly divisive 35 shakeout 35 FACTBOX Key 35 EARNINGS WATCH Updates advisories 35 microfracture knee 35 stiff headwinds 34 girded 34 dealmaking 34 Sen 34 upheaval 34 tectonic shift 34 midterm elections 34 dramatic turnabout 34 bode poorly 34 tumult 34 scrappy underdog 34 precipitous plunge 34 brightened considerably 34 upheavals 34 keenly awaiting 34 skirmishing 34 wrangling 34 hectic parleys 34 midterm 34 bruising 34 topsy turvy 33 presaged 33 Updates advisories 33 amply demonstrated 33 treaded carefully 33 shakeups 33 turmoil 33 jockeying 33 Fred Krupp president 33 reinvents itself 33 Nick Bennenbroek head 33 Rick Waclawek director 33 Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes 33 dust settles 33 macro headwinds 33 bitter partisanship 33 re energized 33 cyclical upswing 33 deepest recessions 33 wrenching 33 Democrat Nick Lampson 33 protracted 33 steep uphill climb 32 underscored 32 ideologically divided 32 deteriorated sharply 32 ultracompetitive 32 foreshadowed 32 cobble together coalition 32 Frederick Fritz Henderson 32 Specter defection 32 confabulations 32 unsettled 32 flux 32 clearest sign 32 uncertainty 32 report chartpoppers.com covers 32 foreshadows 32 burnishing 32 postelection 32 megamergers 32 leftward shift 32 voter disillusionment 32 tumultous 32 dizzying 32 realignments 32 Julian Zelizer 32 turbulent 32 fractiousness 32 bitterly partisan 32 cemented 32 speculation swirled 32 Confirmation hearings 32 scandal scarred 32 politically polarized 32 archrival Airbus