To see what precisely is being contended for in this argument one needs to appreciate the historical resonances of Wittgenstein's invocation of the notion of "substance".
But this Easter his title is being contended by his son Jeff, who has grown almost as big, measuring three foot eight inches long.
By sitting your mini turkey (or guinea hen or chicken) upright on a half-emptied can of beer (or soda, beans, or best yet, a ceramic turkey sitter), you'll continually release steam inside of the turkey, theoretically keeping the white meat juicy (although, it's been contended) and definitely making the skin super crispy.
It's not to say that the story is over, but Jamal makes a bold move and comes to a reckoning with a lot of things he's been contending with.
But more importantly, they are being forced to contend with holes in their budgets from shrinking tax revenue.
And lawmakers are being forced to contend with the likelihood that their priorities will get the axe, too.
The men'slawyers contend they are being held illegally.
While the study was being conducted, she contended with bishops who resisted cooperating.
Well before the fire vividly demonstrated how volatile the laboratory's rustic setting in the high desert could be, he was being forced to contend with profound changes at this cold-war holdover.
I realize that by making this argument, there will be those who say I'm being sexist by contending that women would never fall the way so many political men have in recent years.
The main verb is was, not contend, say or think.
