Against that background, some of the more contentious uses are both motivated and introduced.
He has vowed to travel around the country pushing pieces of his plan, which includes other, less contentious proposals like tighter background checks and better data collection for people determined by courts to be mentally ill.
Foster Sidney recalls, "He knew I had these aspirations, but he said, 'One actor in the family.' I, timid little thing, said, 'Yes, dear.' " Their marriage was contentious, with Sidney resenting Foster Sidney's "bourgeois" background; they separated, and had no children, but did not divorce until 1977.
Like haecceitism, quidditism's proper formulation is contentious and depends heavily upon background metaphysical assumptions.
The emphasis on the number of pupils from a poorer background is also a contentious issue for many schools in more affluent areas.
Kirk also voted for the Democrats' universal background checks bill, a sign of how contentious the debate is for the senator whose constituents include the residents of Chicago inflicted by one of the worst gun violence epidemics in the nation.
The hearings, to continue intermittently over many weeks, are expected to become dramatic and contentious over time, but Thursday's session will begin with background information.
By virtue of their background they will often be active on issues that are contentious and can be divisive: terror, the Middle East, human rights.
Assessing hypotheses in terms of such virtues is frequently contentious, depending, as it does, on perceptions of ill-defined characteristics, differences in background conceptual stances, and the like.
We're not sure what the official Bachelor background check looks like, but it's safe to say it missed Danielle's contentious past.
