Earlier this month we considered the controversy over executing prisoners who are mentally disabled (which was recently argued before the Supreme Court), and we published an "Economist explains" about why so many death-row prisoners end up dying of old age (ie, the appeals process drags on for decades because no one wants to see an innocent prisoner executed).
As I considered the controversy surrounding my visit here, I was reminded of an encounter I had during my Senate campaign, one that I describe in a book I wrote called The Audacity of Hope.
The practice of treating ordinal data as continuous is considered a controversy and has generated debates in the psychometric literature [ 16].
Some teams have proposed decreasing the minimum tolerated value of PaO2/FiO2 ratio to 225 mm Hg or even removing this criterion in 'marginal' lungs being considered, despite controversies about the consequences [ 17].
Consider a controversy that flared up in Canada last year.
To examine the difficulty of this process, consider the controversy over the creation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s holiday.
The problem with Schumer is she has been absolutely everywhere and I think that the backlash is starting (especially considering the controversy she's facing for a writer's rape jokes).
To see how far we've already gone in this direction, he says, consider the controversy over the recent European court judgment on the "right to be forgotten", requiring Google to remove some search results.
Of his meeting with Pope Francis, Crowe said: "I think, considering the controversy around this movie, it would have been so easy for the Vatican to rescind that invitation and just let it be that way, but the kindness to actually let the invitation stand, I thought it was just so consistent with who he's been".
The revelations of the Railtrack case risk scaring investors away and will raise the government's costs of raising capital and securing contracts.To see why, consider the controversy last week after safety scares led to the closure of London Underground's Northern Line to the frustration of around 600,000 commuters.
