The fight over Guantánamo has been especially heated.
Then there was the rhetoric between Mr. Doria and Anthony Chiappone, a former ally, which was was especially heated this year.
The debate over an income scale was especially heated when Congress created the Medicare drug benefit, known as Part D, during President George W. Bush's first term.
The issue was especially heated in the region of Catalonia, where the debate over Islam and immigration has become entangled in early campaigning ahead of regional elections later this year.
These questions are especially heated when it comes to portrayals of black women in the bombastic, exaggerated world of comedy, which can threaten, in the case of black performers, to veer into minstrelsy.
The attack on the president's plan was especially heated among Democratic lawmakers from the West, many of whom are facing a summer of power shortages that are expected to leave parts of California in the dark for hours at a time.
The fight was especially heated this year in California before the state and Amazon agreed that Amazon would start collecting sales tax next September.
Since Republican rhetoric on immigration has been especially heated in recent months, the Democratic candidates are looking to set themselves apart on issue and capitalize on the Latino vote.
The issue of local enforcement of immigration laws has been especially heated in Arizona, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has taken an aggressive stance, conducting sweeps in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods to round up illegal immigrants.
That ban, and one woman's court battle for her right to wear her niqab at her ceremony, is expected to be a top issue tonight during the last federal leaders debate of the election, held in French in Quebec, where the debate over religious tolerance is especially heated.
