In Ten Days (Canongate), Gillian Slovo uses riots in a fictional London borough, provoked by a racially contentious police intervention, as the basis for a thoughtful dramatisation of the increasingly tense dynamic between the powerful and the disfranchised.
Having lived through the politics of World War II and the ensuing Cold War, the contentious U.S. interventions in the late 20th century, the rise in xenophobia and religious intolerance following 9/11, and an alarming surge in climate change denial throughout, Vonnegut's writing explodes with disquieting warnings and lessons that continue to ring true for contemporary readers.
Randomizing populations to interventions is always contentious, particularly in an intervention-control design where some communities will 'not get something'.
Bystander intervention, though contentious in feminist circles - has shown an incredible rate of success.
Although observational studies provide useful descriptive and correlative information, their role in the evaluation of medical interventions remains contentious.
The inclusion of unrelated health care costs in additional years of life conferred by an intervention is a contentious issue amongst economists [ 12, 13] and such costs were not included.
Diplomats said debate on the resolution had been contentious, with Russia and China reluctant to support military intervention.
However, the moral implications of AI's intervention in such scenarios is contentious, and the efficacy of mental health apps is already being called into question.
Meanwhile, Iadarola suggested that those states' respective stances on same-sex marriage might not be "contentious enough judicially" to justify a Supreme Court intervention, and that a Roe vs. Wade-style ruling "could lead to long-standing resentment".
Mr. Abrams, who was named the special representative in late January, has a contentious history in promoting forceful and violent United States intervention in Latin America.
