The old-fashioned idea of democracy meaning that elections are held, the majority wins, and then both sides pretty much pull together and work for the good of the country until the next election, went away in the late 1990s, replaced by the pre-election differences continuing and becoming even more bitter and divisive in the years after elections.

FORBES: Connect

In these difficult economic times, we can work together and pull our resources.

WHITEHOUSE: Opening Session of the North Atlantic Council

And I know that if we work together, if we pull together, if we walk together I know we can take this thing back.

BBC

Strategy was being co-ordinated across Whitehall, she added, while the proposed new National Crime Agency would, for the first time, "pull together the complete intelligence picture" and work with the police and other law enforcement agencies to co-ordinate a national response.

BBC: A syringe and heroin on a spoon

These games prove that the creators not only have a great work ethic but also have talent, design sense, production experience and the ability to pull something compelling together.

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