They face Portland on Saturday, in a match-up that always seems to generate a note of controversy, from missed calls to offside goals, late winners and some occasional feather-ruffling on the benches.
The only small note of controversy came as Murray served for the match at 5-4 in the third set when an encroaching line judge caused him to miss a forehand to give Acasuso a break point.
International involvement in Afghanistan also set off the only note of controversy here today, the debate over who was in a convoy that American planes struck in eastern Afghanistan in an airstrike on Thursday night.
The one note of possible controversy is the inclusion of an expletive in the offering from Tom Odell, Another Love.
Finally, on Sept. 16, nearly a week after the first video was posted, The Times took note of the controversy, under the headline, "Conservatives Draw Blood From Acorn, Favored Foe".
The tournament had opened on a rare note of genuine controversy, when dismissive remarks in a magazine interview made by defending champion Serena Williams about an unnamed player and her unnamed boyfriend – presumed to be Sharapova and her partner, the Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov, said to be an ex of the American's – threatened to escalate into an ugly slanging match.
In the harmonious and rarified world of Stradivarius appreciators, notes of discord and controversy have seldom, if ever, been heard until Stewart Pollens came along, that is.
But since some of this interpretation has been contested, it is probably worth noting where the major points of controversy have been.
Last year, IBM stirred up a bit of controversy when it noted that social networks were driving only 0.2% of online sales.
Divers is of course allowed to stipulate how he will use his terms as he likes, but insofar as this is intended as an explication of what a possible worlds semantics (in some sense richer than the minimal logican's sense) should be, a point of controversy may be noted.
