Like a Ken Loach drama stripped to bare bones, "The Arbor" springs to life in the bright bitterness of Dunbar's prose, showcased in alfresco performances of contentious scenes from the play.
Guardiola was equally reluctant to question Fernandinho's behaviour – "'Ferna' went to defend his team-mate," he said in response to questions about the Brazilian – and said he would not criticise the referee Anthony Taylor's performance despite several contentious calls going against the home team.
Maybe you spend your commute or exercise time thinking through any emotionally charged situations you confronted, like a contentious meeting or an employee performance issue.
We've seen a bounty of famous faces chime in on the reactions to Miley Cyrus' contentious MTV Video Music Awards performance from last weekend, and now Lady Gaga is the latest to tell people to "lighten up".
Far more contentious were his political street performances, notably "Please Love Austria," a stunt inspired by the reality television series "Big Brother".
The 10 nominations for "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" were perhaps the sweetest for any creative team and cast, given that this musical was one of the most contentious of the season when performances began in December.
"I think we're seeing state legislators in a growing number of states, and governors in a growing number of states, being willing to do something about it," said Robert Chase, president of the National Education Association, the other major teachers union, which expects a contentious debate over pay-for-performance at its convention this week in Chicago.
The contentious nature of pay-for-performance was not necessarily reduced by local adaptation.
The reason debates over élite performance have become so contentious in recent years, however, is that in the world of sport there is little of that clarity.
This project based on 40 months of ethnographic, historical, and philological research in Egypt constantly returns to investigating how expressive culture works as contentious politics and as an ongoing performance process.
