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Reebok cut its ties with the Miami rapper Rick Ross on Thursday because of a controversial track in which he boasted about drugging and raping a woman.
Along with jobs and rampant violent crime, education was a leading issue in the election, largely because of a controversial and sweeping re-organization of the school district.
Bruce Springsteen on Friday cancelled an upcoming concert in North Carolina because of a controversial anti-LGBT law that critics say legalizes discrimination.
BERLIN — The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a long-planned revision of the Continent's telecommunications laws because of a controversial provision to punish Internet pirates.
On 8 April, Springsteen cancelled a concert in Greensboro because of a controversial law that critics say legalises discrimination against LGBT people.
He probably chose the word "boycott" because of a controversial effort known "BDS" — the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement to pressure Israel on its treatment of Palestinians.
As you probably know, we needed to reschedule from April because of the anticipated appearance of a controversial speaker on campus, and the threat of violent response by groups of individuals who wanted to prevent that speaker from appearing.
Little did the Jacqueses know that it's illegal for residential drug and alcohol programs like Morningside to provide any medical care in the State of California, because of an old, controversial law that is a vestige of the rehab industries' AA-based, nonmedical beginnings.
Another law enforcement source says there's greater concern than usual because of 'Paradise Now,' a controversial film about two would-be Palestinian suicide bombers who target Israel.
In 1993, Elektra dropped KMD, and refused to release its second album, "Black Bastards," reportedly because of controversial artwork (a drawing of a Sambo figure hanged on a gallows).
