contentious

I know that's a contentious statement, but it's true.

This is probably a contentious subject for most.

The more efficient they are at changing the rules, the more likely they'll take an extreme position on a contentious subject.

The problem with the article is that it dreams up a false conflict and then buries its thesis, a very valid and solid one, by trying to force a contentious narrative onto that just isn't there.

At the time, Seth explained they didn't want to go through a contentious negotiation process, so they were opening off with a generous offer and it wasn't really open to negotiation.

In my experience you are unlikely to get to speak with the actual politician, who often will hide away from their office when contentious issues are up for vote so as not to interface with the public.

How is this contentious at the end of 2011 unless you're just hating Dart for the sake of it?I haven't looked into the language yet and unless you haven't either let's all refrain from judgements based on this silly metric alone.

This is a question that philosophers have puzzled over forever, and I won't get into it, but the fact that he dismisses such a philosophically significant and contentious argument so quickly is worrisome.

Without demeaning the value of those products, I'll say it's not a contentious assertion that young people have some significant insight into lifestyle and entertainment as an industry, but that doesn't mean they're particularly innovative.

* edit: misspelled conscientious as 'contentious'* edit: as an example of how much Simon continues to challenge the police as a citizen, here's an essay he wrote after the success of the Wire, in which he tried, as a citizen, to get the basic details of a cop-involved shooting, something that has always been public record.