Trump congratulates himself as instinctively as fish shit in the ocean, but even the most contentious fact-checker would have to concur with the self-proclaimed billionaire's assessment of the polls.
The session was so contentious, in fact, that the lawyers seemed to spend as much time with the judge in sidebar conferences as they did before the jury.
Morton confronts an extremely contentious issue with judicious facts and supreme insight gleaned over many years of studying geoengineering.
The contentious subjects and the fact that the Theatre Royal Stratford East is a charity have led them to crowdfund for the show.
"It's just not true that he kept [the claims] up for five years," Christie told CNN's State of the Union, calling the matter "a contentious issue" – although in fact only a fringe group of conservatives ever embraced the so-called "birther" movement.
The state curricula are developed in various ways, usually by teachers and other educational administrators, occasionally with input from scholars (although this input is often after the fact and contentious, a reaction to perceived shortcomings and inaccuracies).
That process, in fact, could be contentious.
Once this is granted, the contentious issue is not the fact of peak oil, but the imminence of it.
Questions about that problem, in fact, led to contentious exchanges yesterday between members of the 9/11 commission and the former leaders of the city's police, fire and emergency management departments.
Quinn's comments came as thousands of pro-labor protesters geared up for a big weekend demonstration at the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday, despite the fact that a contentious collective bargaining bill had been signed into law.
The 16 paragraphs of advice include: stick to the facts; take care with contentious issues; don't make assumptions.
