Many policy experts contend, though, that similar results could be achieved if doctors' offices and other medical practitioners partnered with local hospitals to form accountable-care teams.
The Patent and Trademark Office contended, though, that concerns over business-methods patents can be addressed by retooling agency regulations and by the courts.
Players contend, though, that because the revenue pool would be diminished by the credits given to owners, there would be a 10.44 percent reduction in the salary cap, according to Kendall's letter.
Other people in baseball contend, though, that steroid abuse is limited and that players are bigger and stronger than they used to be because of better training and diet.
The employees contend, though, that the medical center has an "unlawful agreement" linking its holdings to those of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the descendants of Mr. Mott, and thwarting any change of control.
Government officials, villagers and experts on the conflict contend, though, that the paramilitaries here are getting revenues from the regional production of coca -- the raw material used to make cocaine -- and they do not want to lose it.
Palestinians contend, though, that the attacks inevitably result in the deaths of a much broader cross-section -- from leaders of militant groups, to political figures not involved in violence, to innocent bystanders.
Experts contend, though, that there was much more to the trip than the usual cash-for-resources tours that Chinese leaders often do elsewhere in Africa.
I contend, though, that the teaching itself is an instance of art, an art which you can consider in the same way you might think of the art of writing or painting.
