"The president has the authority to change the formula if he chooses," she contends.
But she contends that if the capital is moved -- given Alaska's huge size, harsh climate and wildly beautiful but exceptionally rugged terrain -- the same factors will remain a problem for many residents and legislators seeking to reach it.
She contended that if he were elected president, "They will kill him," and that as African-American seniors old enough to be his parents, we had a moral responsibility to protect this young, beautiful, and talented man from the dreadful consequences of his presidential ambitions.
That, she contended, has to change if these places are to shed their fusty image.
Selena Roberts would be less likely to belittle Jason Giambi's struggle with an intestinal parasite if she had ever contended with the profoundly draining effects.
Williams will have to play more than halfway decently if she is to contend at this week's WTA Championships, having been drawn into the difficult Red Group which features No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, No. 5 Angelique Kerber, and No. 8 Li Na.
Stevenson, 25, must dig deep again if she is to contend for a medal, though, as she next faces home favourite and reigning Olympic champion Chen Zong of China in the quarter-finals.
One would be hard put to dispute his contention, even if one contends his general worldview.
And if, as Beyoncé contends, this song means so very much to her why hasn't she sung it on any of her 200 albums?
