The decision by Judge Nicolás Zambrano in Lago Agrio, a town founded as an oil camp in the 1960s, immediately opened a contentious new stage of appeals in a legal battle that has dragged on in courts in Ecuador and the United States for 17 years, pitting forest tribes and villagers against one of the largest American corporations.
Trump and the press have raced right past whatever honeymoon normally exists and have stage-dived into the contentious, punitive phase of this dysfunctional relationship.
Holding it in those months would cut the revenue earned by football clubs by disrupting their normal schedule, and add heat to the contentious decision to stage the tournament in Qatar in the first place.No longer the teachers' petIn Chicago's mayoral election Rahm Emanuel, the incumbent, failed to secure an outright win.
But Truman won -- a reminder that it has by no means always been politically suicidal to stage a contentious and divisive convention.
It will be the most politically contentious Olympics since Moscow staged the games in 1980, not long after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Responding to Ms. DeMoro's assertion that the union had entered a sweetheart deal in which it would bargain halfheartedly, Mr. Regan noted that after unionizing 550 nurses at a Catholic Healthcare hospital in Lorain, Ohio, the service employees staged two contentious strikes in an effort to obtain a contract.
Although opening proposals are only starting points in negotiations, the pointed letter to members suggests that these negotiations could be the most contentious since the WGA staged a 100-day strike in late 2007.
Mr. Grigorovich's departure, after an often contentious tenure, had set the stage for a revolving door of artistic directors before the stability of Mr. Ratmansky's tenure.
Senator Christopher J. Dodd's plan to retire from Congress sets the stage for a contentious battle for a seat that Democrats have held for 46 years, with the party hoping to hold out against determined Republican opposition.
Mr. Boehner's tough rhetoric sets the stage for a contentious legislative battle as Mr. Obama continues to press his case for his jobs plan in the face of Republican resistance and some growing skepticism among Congressional Democrats.
