"Vaccination of wild apes is certainly a new and somehow contentious notion," says Boesch.
There are certainly some contentious ideas among these which many workers will find difficult to accept.
Mr Abadi is certainly off to a flying start, given the near-universal relief that an alternative to the contentious Mr Maliki has finally emerged.
There are certainly notable exceptions to this perhaps contentious observation (see for example the articles on Peter Auriol, John Buridan, Godfrey of Fontaines, Nicholas of Autrecourt, Peter John Olivi, Philip the Chancellor, and William of Auvergne), but with the arguable exception of Buridan, surely none of them is of the stature of the four mentioned above.
#1 is highly contentious, #2 and #3 are certainly true, and #4 is garbage.
He's certainly not there to make the interviewer feel comfortable, but it's rarely ever truly contentious.
Mr. Bloomberg is hoping that newspaper publishers — and their editorial boards — will back a campaign to ease the limits, giving him some political cover in what would certainly be a contentious battle.
Instead, the chiefs outlined what amounted to their argument over how to use much of the budget surplus, setting the stage for what will certainly be a contentious fight over the nation's spending priorities no matter whether Vice President Al Gore or Gov. George Bush is elected.
