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The 77,000-member bar association has no legal authority, but its action is expected to begin a contentious battle over the issue in Albany.

Perhaps the most immediate factor leading to his assassination was that Mr. Hamidi had begun a contentious campaign to destroy what he considered illegal buildings in northern Kandahar.

When two parents began a contentious discussion about one teacher, Andrew brought calm and rationality to the divisive group.

This conflict began a contentious relationship between Nixon and Warren which lasted until Warren's death shortly before Nixon's resignation as president.

As we become more preoccupied with debates about end-of-life care, is the question of when death arrives going to overtake the question of when life begins as a contentious subject?

To answer the first challenge, the candidates begin a soon-contentious attempt to elicit information from each other.

Given the competitive nature of many of this year's races and with control of the House and Senate at issue, no doubt some contests will require honest-to-goodness recount efforts that demand small armies of lawyers and volunteers to monitor local election boards as they begin an often contentious process.

The hearing began on a contentious note.

Exactly when and where punk began is a contentious topic, but many of the people who like to argue about that stuff would say it started in earnest in July 1976 at the Camden Roundhouse.

Shute arrived in Boston on October 4, 1716, where he began a difficult and contentious tenure in office.

Shute arrived in Boston on 4 October 1716, where he began a difficult and contentious tenure in office.