We should not be respecting the memory of any politician, let alone such a divisive one".
Mr. Pamuk, 59, is Turkey's best-known writer, albeit a divisive one thanks to his Western orientation.
The issue is a divisive one in Bosnia as we have noted here in our sister magazine, Intelligent Life.
Within the Obama Administration and among its NATO allies, though, the question of whether to talk to the Taliban is a divisive one.
Whether they wanted the extra publicity or not — whether the video will be a galvanizing force or a divisive one — is another question.
"It was important to send a signal to the rest of the city," Axelrod said, "that he was going to govern as a healing force and not as a divisive one".
Given his background as an IRA commander and one time chief of staff for the Provisionals, his entry into the race has proven to be a divisive one – arguably the most of all the runners and riders.
The issue of bailing out weaker euro zone members has been a divisive one in Finnish politics, with one euro-skeptic party, the True Finns, gaining almost one-fifth of the seats in Parliament by virtue of its opposition.
Dressed pre-emptively for Utah in a button-down checked shirt, jeans and boots, he probably also foresaw the headlines, because he says: "Well, I think the movie is a divisive one.
Let me begin by thanking our vice president, Joe Biden, for your dedication, Joe, to this issue, for bringing so many different voices to the table, because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a divisive one.
