The same practice largely occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries except during the accidental presidency of John Tyler who alienated both parties, made controversial choices and persisted in resubmitting them after they had failed to win favor; the Senate did not confirm any of his seven nominees in 1844, thereby skewing the 19th century statistics.
He may have made the controversial choice to star in a Super Bowl ad for the anti-gay, anti-abortion organization Focus on the Family, but Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is now being petitioned by a growing group of fans and advocates to join a much different type of campaign.
Many have made controversial decisions.
I like to make controversial films.
LePage frequently makes controversial comments.
But for Ms. Lui, the architectural pinnacle was in the 1950's and early 60's, when the government embarked on a big embassy-building program and made a controversial choice to embrace Modernism, to convey "openness, democracy and technological superiority".
It objects, however, that Yale, even now, makes no mention of these men's more questionable positions and activities in support of slavery, which might have made them more controversial choices when the campus's most prominent locations were named.
But Bristol's very size and its position on the periphery of the region would have made it a controversial choice.
But now we have the first, Neocon-generated apologia for some of the most controversial choices made by the Bush administration, and the CIA, during the "Global War on Terror" (GWOT): the use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" (EITs) by the United States and the CIA, what in lay terms, and U.S. law, is called "torture.
Gelb's perceived commercialism made him a controversial choice to run the Met.
