Sentence examples for contentious tenure from inspiring English sources

It was, however, a contentious tenure.

Two months later, Ellerbe left the department after a troubled and contentious tenure.

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.

Prior to CNN, Zucker had a contentious tenure as head of NBC, and before that, an equivocal run as the head of NBC entertainment.

The two men then rode several miles to deliver the bad news to Maj. Gen. George McClellan: namely, that his contentious tenure as leader of the largest Union army was at an end.

John Dexter's 1977 production of Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites" was one of the great achievements of his brilliant and contentious tenure as the director of productions at the Metropolitan Opera.

Two years ago, Allen L. Sessoms resigned as president of Queens College after a contentious five-year tenure.

His stand on unemployment benefits was consistent with his contentious six-year tenure as governor and his philosophy, which is described as "basically libertarian" by William V. Moore, a political scientist at the College of Charleston.

While some of her ideas -- extending the school day, for example -- won immediate praise, legislative leaders were careful not to embrace three of her most contentious proposals: eliminating tenure for principals, merging school districts and letting students choose which public school they attend.

And she is bucking it now over the contentious issue of teacher tenure.

But Mr. Fliegel said that if Mr. Levy shrank the bureaucracy it could be the most significant -- and potentially the most contentious -- move of his tenure.