These flurries of contentiousness did not make up for a shortfall in competitiveness that would be aggravated further by the loss of the Hibs left-back, Pa Kujabi, who was shown a second yellow card in the second half.
Mr Obama's religious-freedom speech was instantly denounced by religious conservatives as hypocrisy: how could he speak of the sanctity of life when he countenanced abortion?Precisely because of the contentiousness of "religious freedom" within America, USCIRF is mandated to look only at other countries.
The question is, how can India and Pakistan do more than show willing?Given the contentiousness of the big disputes, they should start with modest matters and small first steps.
Not content with the contentiousness of that topic, readers were so interested in the differences in relative cognitive abilities of men and women, and how they can change, to bring a story on the topic to number ten.Another pair that points to a preoccupation are two entries having to do with attractiveness.
A complementary tradition, attuned to the rebelliousness, skepticism, and contentiousness of the avant-garde, emerged mostly in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, and its leader was Jorge Luis Borges.
Historical criticism in China was constrained by propriety because of the high cultural value of ancestors; anything like the contentiousness of the Greeks would have been regarded as most unseemly (see below Greek historiography).
This project, which Bate calls "Ted without Sylvia", suited his critical instincts and allowed him to skirt the familiar contentiousness of the Hughes-Plath marriage.
Jackson's contentiousness and propensity for controversy are illustrated in other incidents.
After several months of filial squabbles, he turned to freelance magazine, book, and record-jacket illustration, where his integrity and his contentiousness eventually limited his success.
The press briefings from that time are striking in their contentiousness and in Ari Fleischer's skill at evading questions, sometimes with humor, more often by reciting the same answer: "The President thinks that the best politics comes from the best substance and the best government"; "The President is not concerned about his image, the President is concerned about results".
The orchestration of this contentiousness is a kind of master class in comic writing and playing.
