Although major national political parties (Labor and Liberal) have contested each election, representatives of other local groups usually have held the balance of power in each assembly.
Instead of playing tightly contested games against each other for the rest of the week, the Spurs will be preparing for their fifth NBA Finals appearance while the Grizzlies will have plenty of time to examine how and why their promising postseason run ended so abruptly.
Today Lvov has become Lviv, while its representation of what it means to be Ukrainian is contested by other regions and communities, notably the Blues, each of which has endured an equally arduous path to become part of the modern Ukrainian state.
But it is also strongly contested by other scholars, who point out that the science of carbon dating is contradicted by other evidence.
The Bermuda Bowl, contested every other year, has never been won by a team from Asia, although Taiwan and Pakistan have come close.
These conclusions have been contested by other scientists for various reasons I won't bore you with — boredom definitely shortens life spans.
The number of challenges and the success of the effort in Iowa has caused some concern that retention elections designed to be as apolitical as possible are becoming as bitterly contested as other races.
